- Location
- Surrey,UK
I saw a fascinating TV programme earlier this week, on the BBC, about self monitoring one's health. One guy - Larri Smarr - who is probably well known to the Crohn's cognescenti - had diagnosed himself as having Crohn's by taking 150 different readings from his body and spotting 3 that were well outside the "normal" range. The principle ones being Calprotectin and CRP. (I think I've got that right)
I did a quick search on the internet and both the tests mentioned above appear to be available as easy to use kits.
I'm currently going through a quiet patch with my Crohn's but, as always, at the back of my mind I'm expecting the inflammation to return at some point. What I would like to be able to do is regularly monitor the key indicators so that rather than letting the Crohn's get too bad I could get an early indication that something was amiss and start any treatment sooner rather than later.
Is anyone on the Forum doing any similar tests themselves? Could it be feasible and/or worthwhile? What sort of frequency would be the optimum? Is there a danger of becoming obsessed by test results?
I explored these thoughts a little further here - http://www.crohnoid.com/2013/08/self-monitoring.html
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree but I'm curious to know what other crohnies think.
I did a quick search on the internet and both the tests mentioned above appear to be available as easy to use kits.
I'm currently going through a quiet patch with my Crohn's but, as always, at the back of my mind I'm expecting the inflammation to return at some point. What I would like to be able to do is regularly monitor the key indicators so that rather than letting the Crohn's get too bad I could get an early indication that something was amiss and start any treatment sooner rather than later.
Is anyone on the Forum doing any similar tests themselves? Could it be feasible and/or worthwhile? What sort of frequency would be the optimum? Is there a danger of becoming obsessed by test results?
I explored these thoughts a little further here - http://www.crohnoid.com/2013/08/self-monitoring.html
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree but I'm curious to know what other crohnies think.