I switched doctor's a few months back, because I'm not really responding to my ghastly expensive medication. From a blood analysis it seems I'm not producing enough antibodies to synthesize the rat proteins that are supposed to reduce inflammation. So an entire family of drugs is wiped out as an option there. I also don't produce a specific protein ( Read more... )

Sometime in the last month or so, my body started to react poorly to alcohol. Not hangovers per se, but really violent stomach reaction and fatigue to get over a night of drinking. I know drinking always has a price, but physically this was bordering on "I want your first born in exchange for this martini". One of my resolutions for the year is to ( Read more... )

I feel like there is both lots and little going on since my last post. While I followed up on the cat bite by going to urgent care, and my GP several times, I had a really terrible reaction to the antibiotics they put me on and ended up sick for over a week. When I had my wisdom teeth pulled a few years back they gave me clindamycin which caused C ( Read more... )

The week really isn't that bad actually, just a bit trying. Tuesday was my adventure taking the cat to the vet. He was a very well behaved cat during the car ride to the vet, and sitting in the lounge waiting to be seen. He didn't even flinch when dogs started barking and causing a scene. But once in the exam room things went south. He kind of ( Read more... )

A few months ago my doctors determined that none of the medical treatments using 5-ASA drugs were working on my UC and decided to try a more agressive treatment. Fast forward to today, and I received my first two hour Remicade infusion. I'm a little nervous about something entering my bloodstream in such a direct manner, but the doctors and nurses ( Read more... )

During most of the month of July I was miserable health wise. Nothing that I talked about to anyone aside from E and J really, but miserable nonetheless. The stress of the move/housing/room mate/work and just overall deterioration in how my UC was being (mis)managed and I was in one of the worst spots I'd been in years. I was calling the doctor ( Read more... )

Received a letter in the mail today from local big hospital all my doctors are affiliated with notifying me that my GI doc and associates will no longer be with said big hospital. This, less then two weeks after my colonoscopy and trial on steroids. I'm so annoyed I could spit ( Read more... )

I try to ensure that my first journal post each year stays positive, sort of as my own writing superstition if that makes sense. This year, I'm starting off with random good news... when I went to the doctor last week I weighed in at 101. After 14 years trying, I finally weigh (over) 100 pounds. I don't note this to seem like a skinny bitch, or ( Read more... )

While getting dressed for dinner this evening the following conversation ensued ( Read more... )

In my unending search to alleviate my TMJ issues and enjoy a hamburger sometime this summer, I've started going to a chiropractor. I had a doctors appointment last Friday trying to get a second opinion on the x-rays of my spine supposedly fusing together, and the doctor at the office recommended seeing the in-house chiropractor who could teach me ( Read more... )