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Communicating with my Doctor - How Important

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

I haven't been around for a while because once again, illness snuck up on me and knocked me for a loop. One major thing I have learned through this flare is the importance of communicating with my doctor about my crohn's disease. It's so easy to "forget" something during a ...

Switching Digestive Care Specialists

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

With the issues I had at the first GI office - Digestive Specialists, with the first doctor I was referred to for my crohns, then switching doctors within the practice -- bad idea, in my case, unfortunately. I thought I liked the new doctor, actually... but after my last visit, she ...

How are you feeling with Crohns?

Friday, September 26th, 2008

What I've been feeling lately: Battling Depressions?  Trying to keep an Up Outlook - I wonder if I should see my family dr about upping my anti-depressant again.. some days, many days, I'm ok.. but then I have times when I feel very fragile and my carefully composed positive outlook is ...

Cutting Back on Prednisone

Friday, September 26th, 2008

I had my doctors appointment last week - the day after our Ike Wind Storm here in Dayton... Crazy days. Anyway, Dr wants to have me to have another CT scan to see what's going on with the absess I had.  If it's still there, she'll put me back ...

Keeping Up with Doctor Appointments

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

I'm terrible at keeping up with my doctor appointments.  It's not the doctor appointments.  I mean, when I have an appointment, I make keep it.  It's the making of the appointment that's so bad.  If I don't get the appointment while I'm at the doctor, I'll be forever and day ...