Maybe they found it. Maybe.

I got a call from my doctor's office today and they want me to come in this week to talk with Meg.  I figure they must have found something from the parasite guru, otherwise they wouldn't want me to come in, right?  I'm going on Wednesday!  Could this be it???

OH MY GOSH, Sarita! I hope this is it. I will really be pushing for them to have found something curable. GOOD LUCK! Please come back and update us ASAP.

Thanks for the inspiring words, girls...I need 'em today, I'm a total garden hose and pained and nauseated out of my mind.  First day back at work after a week off and look what happens (even though work is like a vacation compared to being at home with the parental units!).  Just took some Zofran and Vicodin - soon I'll be off in lala land, ahh...can't wait. 

Good luck!

Today is the day.... How'd it go???

Owowowowowow a cortisone injection. I think that's like "a new definition of pain and suffering." I've never had one, but everyone I know who's had one nearly cries. Wait, that's not very helpful and uplifting. Though I guess it's better than being unprepared. You may even decide your hip doesn't hurt that bad. But after it's over with, everyone gets pretty good relief and it tends to last several months or more.

Seems weird to put you on an elimination diet when you didn't test for any allergies. Maybe something can mess you up without you actually being allergic to it?

Have you come back around to the conclusion that you have Crohn's? That's probably more depressing to think about than cortisone shots, but I think I'd be worse depressed not knowing what's wrong. I mean, when you can say, "I have X disease," then it validates your being sick. When you're sick all of the time and can't tell people why, some of them will look at you funny. At least some of my doctors did when I went in with my GB pain that wouldn't come up on a test. A lot of them will get suspicious about giving you pain meds and the like too.

Regardless of what you have or don't have, I hope they find something that will help you. I once had this mysterious rash-less itching all over my body that kept me awake all night. I saw a doctor the next morning and he said he had been seeing people with that all of a sudden. Said they didn't know what cuased it--bed-ridden people would have it, but their caretakers and spouses wouldn't--but they knew a certain drug that worked on rashes fixed it, whatever "it" was. Maybe they should just experiment with you on a wide-variety of things just to see if they can find something that helps. The rash medicine worked, even though I didn't have an actual rash. Maybe Crohn's medicine will help you, even if you don't have it. Maybe having similar symptoms is close enough.

I am so sorry Sarita, i offer the biggest hugs i can...

(i too was hoping you had some weird bug, not to wish harm on you, but i wish you had answers...)

big gigantic hugs...
--bunny

Ugh girl. How frustrating !!! I soooo feel for you Sarita and know the helpless hopeless feeling when nobody can find anything wrong. Big hugs for you. Just read your cortisone post, hope it gives you pain relief.