From the category archives:
I started on Humira in April ’09. In May of that year, I had a change in insurance (for one month, talk about issues) and my regular birth control pill was no longer covered. So, I switched to a generic brand ~ no big deal, really.. but I did like the name brand I was
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I have been MIA all over the internet for the past several months or more. I had been on a depression medication, Celexa, which was giving me nightmares (ones I didn’t much enjoy), trouble sleeping and so, rather than speaking to my family doctor about it and getting something different, I just quit taking it.
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I had my last dose of remicade (also called infliximab) a few weeks ago. I am feeling better. At least, less abdominal pain – not gone, but less. However, about a week or so after my last IV treatment, I started getting the most incredibly sore muscles and joint aches. Muscles hurt to touch, hurt
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I had my second remicade treatment last week. The morning of my doctors appointment, we had so much snow and ice, I called and cancelled the appointment – asked the nurse to just make an appointment for the remicade treatment at the hospital as planned. I got a call back saying I *had* to see
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Last Friday, I started Remicade in hopes of it working to keep my crohn’s disease under control. I am also continuing to take my azathioprine (imuran) daily. I had been feeling so totally crummy. It’s like I’d been drinking a “lethargic” potion.. my body was so tired, my arms and legs so heavy – like
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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 15 minute appointment… and forgetting
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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 made a comment I
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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 on the brink of
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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 on antibiotics. Plush I am to
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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 making one later. I had
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