Hi Mitz!

Thanks for asking, glad to be doing better, it was a truly horrible flare! 

Hey, I'm doin' great. Had surgery 10 days ago for that nasty gall bladder and except for a burp now and then, you'd never know it.

I'm glad you didn't have to flip out over the lab results today. That nasty pred can make even the most even-tempered person flip out. What we go through sometimes, huh?

Surge of energy? I get it for about one day and then it disappears, too, Beth. I gotta think that our poor bodies just at some point that, "That's it. I give up!"

But hearing that you UC is getting under control was just great to read. Now if you can get some more good news on November, we'll be ready to stroll into 2008 in fine form. I'm ready. I'm sure you are, too!

Mitz

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Sporadic proctitis since about 1985. Mother had J-pouch surgery 1983.
DX'd with clostridium difficile in 2000. Pred, two courses of Flagyl, then Vancomycin finally got rid of it. 2001 colonoscopy dx'd left-sided UC. . Treated with prednisone, Rowasa, Asacol. Asacol not working, switched to Imuran. Three small flares since in 2002, 2005, and 2007, brought under control with steroid and Rowasa enemas. Lap Chole performed October 26, 2007, after gall bladder attack in June, '07.
Daily meds: 100 mg Azathioprine and 225 mg Effexor XR (for chronic, longstanding depression), many vitamins and Primadophilus Reuteri

Glad to hear your gall bladder surgery went well. It's gotta be tough, and very painful, hopefully all the pain is gone now and everything heals up nicely....except for the burps = )

hope we can make it through the holidays and really be able to enjoy it. Last year I wasn't that into it but this year, with all the support from my family and friends I am really looking forward to just being with everyone and having as much fun as possible.

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Beth, 32