Doc's visit always leaves me depressed

It seems like evey time I go to the doctor now, I just get more depressed.  As I have mentioned in the past, lately I don't feel like the Remicade has been helping me much anymore.  A lot of the benefits that I had when I first started it has faded away.  I went into our visit hopeing to get a pill cam done to see if the CD has spread elsewhere.

Well,  I never got to talk to him about the cam.  When I told him how I was feeling and my thoughts about Remicade, he told me that for some reason, and they don't know why, Remicade takes a lot longer to kick in and work 100% on people that have CD in the Colon.  He also said that the reason felt great the first time afterwards was that because it was a new thing for my body and now my body is used to it so the body doesn't care about it anymore.  So now I can attribute everything to the Remicade not working at full strength.  That brought me down a little.  I wish he would have told me that before I started it.

Then I got even more bad news.  I have been having a lot of pain and some blood when I wipe.  My doc looked and told me I do have a hemmoroid.  He then told me there was nothing he could do.  Surgery wasn't an option and with the CD there really isn't any medicine to use.  I told me to soak it 3 days a week which is not really an option for me as I will not bath in my tub.  I did say if it got really bad with itching and burning I could use OTC medicine.  I have in the past and it doesn't really help. 

So yet again, I have left his office with no real help.  I know he couldn't really help and he did give me info on why I feel the way I do.  The CD is just kicking my butt again and I hate it.

Not sure why you wont' sit in your tub, but sitz baths with Epsom salts can be a real help. Alternatively you can do Epsom salt water trade off. One bowl with ice cold water, one with hand hot water, 2 wash cloths, start with hot, 4 mins, then cold 4 mins, repeat 2x's ending with cold.

But here's what will help your roids. Vitamine E ointment. The only thing that worked for me, now as soon as feel any sign I start with it. In Canada, Webbers makes a good one, blue and white box, about 8 bucks, found in the first aid section of all major drugstores.

I just used folded up TP and wipe it on, pushing up into the anus a bit to get it in there.

I've suggested this to many people, all come back with good reports. Screw the OTC stuff, it's only good for saggy eyes, maaaybe.

Note: Make sure it's an ointment. If you can't find any where you are, get some vasaline and some multi spectrum vite E caps, 1 cap per tablespoon of vasaline should do, feel free to play with that recipe.

The way I see it, you find your tricks one symptom at a time. This works!

I will also chew vite e caps if I get mouth ulcers, they clear in 2 days...

Best,