Med Update

Thought I'd let you all know how I'm doing. I'm doing ok.  That's the best way I can describe it right now.  Right now, is a day to day battle still on how I'm going to feel. The pain is going away, slowly. It gets a little better each day and each week when I do the Humira shot (every other Friday).  I am optimistic that it will soon be gone, but for now, it's still something I'm dealing with.  I do still have to have another colonoscopy as they discovered a section of dysplasia (pre-cancerous cells) and want to determine how large the area is.  This can be done by injecting a dye at the time of the colonoscopy which to me, seems a lot safer than doing hundreds of biopsies and potentially increase the chance of bleeding.  At this time I'm waiting for my GI to call me but expect that I will be having it in the next few months. 

I'm still taking the narcotics, and my primary care would like me to continue until the end of February and then depending on the pain level start to ween me off. Since I've been on them since July, the weening process is going to be long, about a month long.  This will ensure the reduction or hopefully elimination of any side effects and make it a seamless process per se. I am ready for the narcotics to not be part of my every day life.  While a lot of people don't understand how I can function while I'm on them, they don't understand that for someone like me, who is truly and legimitately in pain, the 'high'  feeling that everyone wants from these drugs does not happen to me...because, horror of horrors!!! I am actually in pain :) 

I have my naturopathic doctor appointment the first week of Feb and I am really looking forward to this.  I am going to be heavy metal tested as well as tested for all subset viruses of lyme disease as well as other autoimmune disorders to see what naturally, I could be doing better. What I could be eating or taking (vitamins) that can make my body be more in balance. 

With all this in mind, I am going to sign up for a 5k in April with the hope that I will be able to participate. When I say participate, it doesn't necessarily mean run but walk.  I've got to get more active, get that adrenaline punch that makes me happy and keeps me going.....