July 1st, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
Crohn's Disease, General updates
I saw my doctor yesterday to discuss how the Remicade is going.
Her opinion was that the Remicade is somewhat helpful but not helpful enough by itself. Her recommendation was to add another medication which acts differently from Remicade until my symptoms are under control, then go back to just one medication for maintenance. She thought [...]
June 29th, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
General updates
Steve moderated a general session at the Casualty Actuarial Society’s Spring Meeting in Quebec earlier this month.
There’s a webcast of the session he moderated at the bottom of this page.
June 28th, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
General updates, Music
Last night the piano teacher had a few students come to her studio and play.
Esther played In The Meadow by Lichner. Ben played the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto (he has not had time to get it to the level he’d like for a regular recital). Ben and another student, Robin, also [...]
June 18th, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
General updates
As of today I’ve been off psych meds five years.
You can read about why I was on them here. At that time my psychiatrist agreed that I could taper down and then stop altogether after I’d been stable on them for two years. That time came and in March 2003 he let me start [...]
June 9th, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
General updates, Music
The Windy City String Ensemble’s year end concert was on Friday and the piano recital was yesterday. They both went very well. Steve recorded the piano recital but his recordings aren’t up yet.
Here are a few camera videos. Sorry the piano recital ones are so dark - I should have set the camera ASA [...]
May 31st, 2008 |
by Helen |
published in
Crohn's Disease, General updates
Two weeks ago I was ready to give up on it because I thought it always took effect in the first two weeks, if it’s going to work.
But then I heard it can take longer and in the last week I’ve been feeling a bit better. So maybe it is helping after all. I was [...]