Hi there,
Thank you in advance for reading and weighing in on my post. :heart:
I was tentatively cleared for pregnancy last week. My GI would like to do another full round of imaging before my husband and I begin trying to conceive. We are wondering if this is truly necessary.
I just had imaging done four months ago that showed mildly active disease. I had been on bi-weekly Humira for one year. My dose was upped to weekly injections. I now seem to be in remission, my labs look great and I have never felt better.
Complete imaging for me includes an upper endoscopy, a pill cam endoscopy, and a colonoscopy, which took 11 hours from start to finish four months ago. (All of this is required because my disease presentation is unique - it is in my esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, and rectum.) I am feeling hesitant to schedule the testing again for a few reasons - one because I had it done so recently, two because I'm wondering if my GI is being "test happy", and three because it is expensive and invasive.
That being said, my husband and I CAN afford it.
What would you do?
Thanks for sharing your insights!
Thank you in advance for reading and weighing in on my post. :heart:
I was tentatively cleared for pregnancy last week. My GI would like to do another full round of imaging before my husband and I begin trying to conceive. We are wondering if this is truly necessary.
I just had imaging done four months ago that showed mildly active disease. I had been on bi-weekly Humira for one year. My dose was upped to weekly injections. I now seem to be in remission, my labs look great and I have never felt better.
Complete imaging for me includes an upper endoscopy, a pill cam endoscopy, and a colonoscopy, which took 11 hours from start to finish four months ago. (All of this is required because my disease presentation is unique - it is in my esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, and rectum.) I am feeling hesitant to schedule the testing again for a few reasons - one because I had it done so recently, two because I'm wondering if my GI is being "test happy", and three because it is expensive and invasive.
That being said, my husband and I CAN afford it.
What would you do?
Thanks for sharing your insights!