The high of my week was the Yesteryear book event! I truly did not expect Caro Claire Burke to come to my little town during her book tour, but I’m so glad she did! Her book talk was hosted by my favorite local indie bookstore (Tombolo Books), and I’m pretty sure it was one of their biggest events yet! The place was packed. I loved hearing Caro talk about her process of writing the book and the path to getting it published (she’s been writing fiction for TWELVE YEARS, you guys, and this is her debut!). I tried not to fangirl too hard when I got my book signed, but I just adore her so much!
The low of my week was dealing with some back-and-forth issues between my pharmacy and my rheumatologist’s office. The not-so-fun news about my psoriatic arthritis treatment is that my rheumatologist wants me to start injections. Basically, while my current medication (methotrexate) has improved my symptoms, I’m still on a moderate steroid dose. If I miss even one day of the steroid, my symptoms return. So that’s a clue that my lower inflammation numbers are closely tied to the steroid.
This means it’s time for the next phase of figuring out my PsA treatment! I’ll still be on methotrexate, but at 25mg, and they recommend injections over pills at that dose because some people’s bodies don’t absorb the medication well (it would be TEN pills!). I am very nervous about giving myself an injection once a week, but I’d rather go with the option that’ll help me know sooner whether the dose is working.
Anyway, getting these damn syringes has been such a cluster. I was supposed to start the injections last week, but the syringe order was sitting in pharmacy purgatory for days and days. The actual medication was filled pretty quickly, so when I went to the pharmacy to pick that up, I asked about the syringes, and they said they were waiting on my rheum to confirm that a different size syringe was ok to use. So then I called my rheum, and they said they didn’t have any record of the pharmacy calling them! Argh. The rheum’s office said they would call the pharmacy, but I never heard back from them. Then, the next day, I looked at my pharmacy app, and my syringe order was gone. What the what?! So, I called the pharmacy, and the pharmacist told me that she had gone ahead and ordered a different type of syringe that didn’t need to be approved by insurance and would be the same price. (She made this change right before she left for the day, and was planning on updating the script in the portal in the morning, but I got the jump on her.) I’ll finally have the syringes today so I can give myself my first injection. Yay?
Phew. I guess I need to get ready for all of this pharmacy runaround to happen as I try different treatment methods for PsA.
I’m currently reading two books! I am thoroughly enjoying We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian, a queer historical romance that is so damn cute it hurts. And I just started James by Percival Everett. Only 40 pages in, but I’m enjoying it so far!
A Reel that made me smile was this cat video that I could watch over and over again. (Yes, I’m back on Instagram. But only for the cat and dachshund videos.)
A show I watched this week was Friends! I am zooming through my rewatch of season 6, and it’s filling me with a lot of nostalgia and happiness.
The best money I spent this week was on an Oura ring! It was on my May goals list to buy an Oura ring, and it happened yesterday. I can’t wait for it to arrive! It’s a little scary to spend so much money on a tiny piece of technology, but I’m really hoping it will provide some great insight into my health.
My plans this weekend include many fun things! Tonight, I am meeting up with some friends to see the musical, Six. (And I just listened to Noble Blood’s episodes about Henry VIII’s wives, so I am prepared). We’re also trying a new restaurant for dinner, so it should be a fun night! Tomorrow, I am podcasting with Bri and have no other plans on the docket. And Sunday, I will run some errands and also have a writing date with Mikaela. At our writing date last weekend, I wrote the first chapter of my novel, which was such a blast! I hope I can keep the momentum going!
What was the high of your week? Have you ever been to a book signing?
