Turns Out I’m Special
Gosh. So much has happened since I last posted. I was super sick for a few months there. Like suuuper sick. Christmas break was me on the recliner, drugged up with a heating pad. Even getting out of bed felt like a feat. Not my best for sure. I eventually called my doc about it, and he put me back on Prednisone. He figured that plus the new Humira injections would kick the Crohn’s to the curb. At one point, I started to hope he was right. My stools started to be formed (there were plops, people!). He said that meant the Humira was working. So he had me taper off the Prednisone. This could be the magic cocktail we were looking for! It wasn’t. Since being off Prednisone, I have gotten progressively worse. I am now back to pooping straight water (really foul water) and hurting and feeling achy and awful. The doc ordered a blood test and a stool sample (fairly routine, unfortunately) and met with me yesterday. Things don’t look good. My Calprotectin levels are still really high, though my...