Here I thought I was done with the stupid Avonex-related side effects. But noooooooo, I had to go and monkey with my routine! Sheesh.

This morning, I got up around 11:30 with a splitting headache. I wasn't sure whether this was my typical early-migraine headache or a "been too long without caffeine" headache, so I split the difference and brewed a pot of coffee and popped a couple Excedrin (The Headache Medicine!). That took care of the headache in short order.

Around 12:30 or so, I decided that I needed to get dressed because a friend was coming over to visit. So, as part of that getting ready I went ahead and gave myself my Avonex injection.

Usually, I take a couple advil, wait 30 minutes, and then give myself an injection. Then, 60 miinutes after that, I take two more Advil. This is what the nurse had instructed me to do and I've found that, when I've not taken the advil prior to the injection, stabbing myself with a needle hurts a LOT more. So, I thought, I've taken a couple pills already and I don't want to take a couple more on top of that, so I'll just see if the Excedrin works.

Well, it did. For a while. The injection wasn't painful and I felt fine for most of the afternoon. Right now, though, I'm starting to feel headachey and my body feels just yucky all over. Guess what, I forgot to take the 2 Advil an hour after my shot.

So the lesson in all this is, don't mess with a good thing: I typically take my shot around 4:30 or so in the afternoon and I guess I've learned that I still experience the side effects, it's just that they occur 8 - 10 hours after the injection, which is usually while I'm asleep. Next week: I'm going back to the 4:30 pm injection!

Right now, though, I'm going to bed so I can try to sleep off this awful headache. Yuck.