Remicade Does It Again!

As many of you know, I have been struggling in my efforts to recover after my last surgery where I got the illiostomy reversed. Well, I knew it was coming time to take my next Remicade shot but I was taking it lightly for 2 reasons:

1. Because I felt that since I don’t have an active flare right now, I can afford to wait a bit past my usual 6-7 weeks.

2. I have to take Prednisone before Remicade and since I am recovering from surgery, I wanted to avoid taking Prednisone right now.

Anyways, I started to evaluate my symptoms and realized that they were exactly what I used to have before when my body needed a shot of Remicade. Here is the order they used to come in:

1. Gas
2. Diarrehea
3. Blood
4. Pain
5. Rolling on the ground

Well, I was at #2 and not moving past it so it occured to me, maybe I should NOT put off getting the Remicade shot for much longer.

I had my appointment today and went and got the infusion - it took a total of 3 hours, no reactions this time (woo hoo)!

Here’s the AMAZING THING!!! I swear, I’m not kidding - Gas, GONE - Diarrehea, GONE. I’m telling you, this drug (for me) is the closest thing to magic I have ever seen! It just makes me feel better almost instantly.

Now all of a sudden I am recovering a lot better from the surgery - I’ll keep you posted, hopefully it stays this way!

13 December 2006 | Personal | Comments