Updates

Hey guys,

Well just an update for you all.  Last time I posted, my symptoms came back slowly but surely, bleeding a mucus in my stool.  2 weeks ago I started my meds again Sulfasalazine 4 500mg per day, Annucort suppositories 2X per day, and Rowasa 2X per day.  Within a week of being on those meds the bleeding and mucus completely stopped once again.  So while yes I am happy, I am still getting a second opinion from a different GI.  I scheduled my apt for next month, and all of my records are being transferred to this new doc.  So I'm thinking to myself am I going to have to be on these medications for the rest of my life? So anyways just wanted to share.  Take care.

ugh, i know--i have to take like 9 million piils (i should update my signature after this last hospital visit) but (and i know this is silly) it helps me to think of them (the 9 million ones i take in the morning) as personalized "katie" vitamins. like ok, here is the multivitamin for normal people and then here are special "katie" vitamins. i know it sounds very sesame street and something i would use on the kids i babysit for, but it makes me laugh before taking them...and i guess that is all that matters.

I refuse to say that I have to be dependent on drugs for the "rest of my life" as new treatments and breakthroughs are always coming up.. It's very grim and disheartening to hear people say that..