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Long time no post. Abby has been my life and kept me away from other things. She is almost 1 year old. How the time flies.
Welp, things went from crummy to crappy to welp... where I am now.
Shortly New Years I started to feel a little run down, but nothing I was too worried about. That ballooned to a 101.5 fever and a visit to the doctor. My liver function tests were going up and my platelets were down. Several visits and blood tests later diagnosed me with mono. I have no idea how I got it, but okay... My GI pulled me off the 6-MP and Humira to let my body fight the mono and get better quicker. She is also working with infectious disease experts to determine when I should go back on my meds. Unfortunately, this past Tuesday my unmedicated Crohn's came back hard and required another visit to the doctor and an emergency CT. I had a partial bowel obstruction that luckily cleared with a clear liquid diet. Today I tried solids again, but with disastrous results. My doc now has my charts, scans, tests, etc in the hands of her surgeon for review. . While the meds did a good job supressing the Crohn's, it might be time to bite the bullet and surgically correct the mess that is my gut. A resection may be in order next week.
Hey.... I have some of the best doctors in the country and one of 22 NIH funded digestive disease practices on my side. Whatever happens, I am in good hands.
Dan
Welp, things went from crummy to crappy to welp... where I am now.
Shortly New Years I started to feel a little run down, but nothing I was too worried about. That ballooned to a 101.5 fever and a visit to the doctor. My liver function tests were going up and my platelets were down. Several visits and blood tests later diagnosed me with mono. I have no idea how I got it, but okay... My GI pulled me off the 6-MP and Humira to let my body fight the mono and get better quicker. She is also working with infectious disease experts to determine when I should go back on my meds. Unfortunately, this past Tuesday my unmedicated Crohn's came back hard and required another visit to the doctor and an emergency CT. I had a partial bowel obstruction that luckily cleared with a clear liquid diet. Today I tried solids again, but with disastrous results. My doc now has my charts, scans, tests, etc in the hands of her surgeon for review. . While the meds did a good job supressing the Crohn's, it might be time to bite the bullet and surgically correct the mess that is my gut. A resection may be in order next week.
Hey.... I have some of the best doctors in the country and one of 22 NIH funded digestive disease practices on my side. Whatever happens, I am in good hands.
Dan