waiting for results....
So I went to get my scheduled dose of remicade yesterday....(I have crohns colitis and been on remicade 3 different times in the past 8years, this time for about 2years and have never had any problems)
I had just sat down when my GI walked in and said "We're putting it on hold until we get some tests done...."
Firstly was some urgent blood test, then a chest xray.
After reviewing the results my GI came back and discussed the results with me.
One of my white blood counts has been rising the last 2 months (cant remember what it was called but..) can indicate allergies/asthma or lymphoma etc. So she wants to stop remicade for now as a precaution until she finds out what is happening.
(She is still waiting on some other results to figure out what is causing my joint pain. Rheumatologist said possibly typical crohns arthitis or drug induced lupus?? another reason to stop the remicade!)
My GI thinks I may possibly have some kind of infection or something strange going on?
So next my GI decided to do a flexi sig while I was there and took a few biopsies, she saw some white speckling/granulation she has never seen before?!?
......... So Im just waiting at home now for my GI to ring with some results of any kind ....in the mean time I'll be slowly going crazy and feeling nauseous from the prednisone I started today!!
Thanks for reading my post.
M
So I went to get my scheduled dose of remicade yesterday....(I have crohns colitis and been on remicade 3 different times in the past 8years, this time for about 2years and have never had any problems)
I had just sat down when my GI walked in and said "We're putting it on hold until we get some tests done...."
Firstly was some urgent blood test, then a chest xray.
After reviewing the results my GI came back and discussed the results with me.
One of my white blood counts has been rising the last 2 months (cant remember what it was called but..) can indicate allergies/asthma or lymphoma etc. So she wants to stop remicade for now as a precaution until she finds out what is happening.
(She is still waiting on some other results to figure out what is causing my joint pain. Rheumatologist said possibly typical crohns arthitis or drug induced lupus?? another reason to stop the remicade!)
My GI thinks I may possibly have some kind of infection or something strange going on?
So next my GI decided to do a flexi sig while I was there and took a few biopsies, she saw some white speckling/granulation she has never seen before?!?
......... So Im just waiting at home now for my GI to ring with some results of any kind ....in the mean time I'll be slowly going crazy and feeling nauseous from the prednisone I started today!!
Thanks for reading my post.
M