Husband's Update

[Karen]

:congratualtions: TO MIKE FIRST OFF ... I am so happy to see that your board has GROWN BY LEAPS & BOUNDS & so you have really been blessed & I will continue to pray that folks with CROHN'S can find this board and find thee help that they are looking for SUPPORT & FRIENDSHIPS is the key on this board & that I have found out !!

Well, gang ... I am not NEW to the board as I came on board back in APRIL when the board was just SMALL IN NUMBER. So, I must tell you that it was MIKE that brought me here he must have seen me on another baord & took advance to invite me here & I am glad that he did !!

As I said all those months ago it is my husband that has CROHN'S DISEASE & we have gone through a lot over the last months since finding out { 12/05 }. And, he has LOST close to 69 POUNDS & it down to the weight he was when I married him 28 years ago & so we have had to get all NEW CLOTHES too. I have found plenty of support here & lots of new friends too { as you all know who you are ... COOKEY, MIKE, DEBBIE, DONNA, { both of you } KATE, MOZAM { whatever happen to him }, VALENTINA & JONNY { by the way thanks again for the postcards & still waiting for DANNY BOY to send his } and more so I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart for being there. I also thank you for making my daughter feel welcome as well so we have both made lots of wonderful friends & we are both very sorry that we have not been around much but we hope to come back in soon and play some games & share some more with all of you.

So, to all of you take care and member ... if I am not here online with all of you I am here praying for you too. So, take care and member if you ever need a friend I am a ZOINT CLICK AWAY !!

 

[Valentina]

good to see you Karen! hope your husband is still feeling better, and on the road to recovery. all the best to you and your whole family

 

[Jeff D.]

Hey Karen I am praying that your husband gets better soon

Best of luck

 

[Karen]

thanks Tina & Jeff for taking time to read & share !!

 

[Kev]

Hey Karen... Got my fingers crossed and sending out best wishes for your hubby...

 

[Karen]

thanks gang ... hubby is on his way to see the G.I. SPECIALIST this morning so keep your prayers going & I will UPDATE tomorrow with the outcome !!

 

[Skinsfan1229]

Always have fingers crossed for the ill.

By the way I dont know how I got invited either, just had an email inviting me one day lol.

 

[mikeyarmo]

Thanks for the update, and also your warm words. I am very glad you took advantage of that offer what seems like centuries ago!

 

[xrayzerase]

hope your husbands day w the gi-specialist went ok....

 

[skeet]

Aloha Karen, and welcome back! I'm new here & am reading lots of posts still to catch up. So much going on with so many.

Hope hubby's GI visit went well & you'll have good news to share soon.

 

[Karen]

:applause: NEWEST UPDATE ON MY HUSBAND …

Well as you all know back in December 2005 my loving husband of 28 years was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. Since that time he has lost weight but is feeling good. He has gone through a number of REMICADE TREATMENTS { 6 TOTAL } & so we prayed each time that they would work for him & I do believe that they must have helped him in some ways.

He was also on a number of medications from the start & I am happy to say that he is ONLY on 1 PILL which is IMURAN & with those he is taking 3 in the morning with breakfast & 2 at night with dinner. So, that is a nice change.

Well, I am here to tell all of you that he has a CHECK * UP on Tuesday - 19th this week & he got a GOOD REPORT too. 1st of that GOOD NEWS was that we have seen the last of the REMICADE TREATMENTS he is no longer having to do them which is WONDERFUL NEWS all around because he was suppose to have one TOMORROW on our daughter’s 18th BIRTHDAY and well … we are just PRAISING GOOD for the GOOD NEWS !! Next he bit of news is that he does not have to go back until DECEMBER for another check up but before that check up happens he will have to have a X – RAY of somesort what kind only he can tell you that. The GI SPECIALIST asked him how he was feeling because he had noticed that he had lost about 35 POUNDS since his last check up so he started out back in December at 234 & today he is sitting at 165 & has gone from a 40 WAIST to a 38/36 WAIST in pants so it’s been fun going shopping for him for NEW CLOTHES.

So, there you have it folks a wonderful update on him so please continue to keep him in prayer that all continues to go well for him & that we can continue to AVOID SURGERY at all cost !! I will also continue to pray for all of you here at CROHN’S FORUM that the LORD will help all of you through your PROBLEMS.

 

[Valentina]

thats great news karen. congrats to your hubby and your family.
so this means he is in remission I take it? calls for a celebration for sure.

I guess since he gets to come off the Remicade, Imuran will be his maintenance drug? Im not aloud to come off the remicade or methotrexate, even though Im in remission.. but Im too nervous to really want to come off my drugs right now anyways. lol
I hope he maintains this remission for a very long time. fingers crossed for you all.

 

[Karen]

thanks gang !!

 

[cookey]

SIS, this is the best news. I have been wondering about your husband. I take it he's finally off all prednisone as well? Thank God, I'm so happy for you and your family. I pray he maintains remission for a very long time. Hi to Kayln, I sent her a birthday card on her day..hope she had a fun time. The best present of all was to hear of her fathers wellness I'm sure. Hugs to all.

 

[Karen]

thanks gang for all the wonderful notes & sis thanks for the e mail too !!