My Crohn’s symptoms seem to have been a bit better over the last week or two, which is making me feel a little more hopeful. It gets discouraging having symptoms continue week after week, month after month. Continue reading »
Jan 252009
I was sent home after my two nights in the hospital on two antibiotics. It turned out that these made me very nauseated.
I called my doctor’s office the following Monday to see if I could stop them. That was also the day of my weekly blood test to monitor my Imuran levels.
The doctor called later and asked me to stop everything because my blood test showed abnormally high liver enzymes. She said it could be a drug reaction and I was certainly hoping it was since I have enough wrong with me already 
. She asked about me taking Tylenol – I now realize that even amounts that don’t exceed the recommended maximum dose can have that effect on liver enzymes, but I didn’t know that then. Continue reading »
A year ago I hadn’t even heard of ‘biologic therapy’. Tomorrow I’m starting treatment this way since my Crohn’s Disease isn’t responding to ‘conventional therapy’.
A month ago my doctor decided I should go on Remicade based on the condition I’m in. My symptoms are inconvenient rather than dishabilitating, but they’re at a level where they’re likely to lead to serious internal complications if an effective treatment isn’t found.
It’s taken a few weeks to get Remicade approved by the insurance company, but they did agree to it on Monday and my first IV infusion is scheduled for tomorrow. Continue reading »
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