Entchen
Chief Dandelion Picker
Hi all:
Had a surprisingly good visit with my GI today, considering the content of our conversation wasn't all happy and shiny. He tries hard to be friendly - although it often looks like it hurts - and he even managed to crack a smile or two today. He's very respectful toward me, emphasizes mutual decision-making, but is just not so high on the interpersonal warmth scale. But he takes good care of me and I'm getting to be a bit attached to him.
His (hot, young) colleague gets even higher points today, though, because his report from my double balloon colonoscopy cites me as a very pleasant young woman. I should have slipped him my phone number when I had the chance! [Please no cracks about him having already seen My Best Side...]
Moving right along...I just barely escaped being placed on Imuran today. After extensive discussion, we have opted to try Pentasa first, even though both GIs emphasized that they doubt it will work. This is because the symptoms did not respond to Prednisone. Well, some of the symptoms that I care about responded, but the clinically significant ones did not. The GI's main reason for me trying Pentasa is so that we can say we exhausted ALL logical options before moving to the Imuran. He honestly doesn't think it will work, and he expects to see me back in his office within the next couple of months with worsened symptoms. I am certainly praying that this will not be the case and am hopeful that the Pentasa will work just fine. After all, even though we've only recently learned about the 15 cm of inflammation in the terminal ileum, and even though the Prednisone didn't bring down the inflammation, it's still only 15 cm. That's peanuts compared to what many of you have experienced. Guess we'll see if Imuran will be my "Christmas present" or not.
Have a great night and a good Friday / Saturday (time zone depending), everyone!
Had a surprisingly good visit with my GI today, considering the content of our conversation wasn't all happy and shiny. He tries hard to be friendly - although it often looks like it hurts - and he even managed to crack a smile or two today. He's very respectful toward me, emphasizes mutual decision-making, but is just not so high on the interpersonal warmth scale. But he takes good care of me and I'm getting to be a bit attached to him.
His (hot, young) colleague gets even higher points today, though, because his report from my double balloon colonoscopy cites me as a very pleasant young woman. I should have slipped him my phone number when I had the chance! [Please no cracks about him having already seen My Best Side...]
Moving right along...I just barely escaped being placed on Imuran today. After extensive discussion, we have opted to try Pentasa first, even though both GIs emphasized that they doubt it will work. This is because the symptoms did not respond to Prednisone. Well, some of the symptoms that I care about responded, but the clinically significant ones did not. The GI's main reason for me trying Pentasa is so that we can say we exhausted ALL logical options before moving to the Imuran. He honestly doesn't think it will work, and he expects to see me back in his office within the next couple of months with worsened symptoms. I am certainly praying that this will not be the case and am hopeful that the Pentasa will work just fine. After all, even though we've only recently learned about the 15 cm of inflammation in the terminal ileum, and even though the Prednisone didn't bring down the inflammation, it's still only 15 cm. That's peanuts compared to what many of you have experienced. Guess we'll see if Imuran will be my "Christmas present" or not.
Have a great night and a good Friday / Saturday (time zone depending), everyone!
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