Hospitalization: What should I know?

Dawn,
I'm so glad that you made it home and you are resting in your own bed. Are the dogs keeping you company? It sounds like your hospital visit was quite an ordeal, but sometimes I know that it is a necessary evil. I'm sure the steroids play a part in your inability to sleep (I was an insomniac on IV steriods in the hospital and on high oral doses at home). How are your trips to the bathroom now that you are home? When is your next check up with the GI? Have you talked to the Dr. about Remicade or Humira? Remember, that is the ONLY thing that was able to put me in remission! As much as I didn't want to be on it forever, it really did it's job for me.
Please consider yourself (gently) hugged and know that I am thinking of you.

Thanks for the well wishes :)

I'm much more comfortable back at home, but the sleep is not coming readily!!! It's restless at best, even with Ambien. I also am finding myself SUPER tired and second guessing everything - every little twinge, etc. A few hours of work a day - to keep my mind from spinning in a million different directions and to provide a structured distraction - is all I can handle. Thankfully my boss is super understanding - even with a deadline looming... The fatigue is ever present, but the constant fear of catching something else in the hospital is gone. That was horrible for me.

I'll try one more night with the Ambien and if that doesn't work, pester the doctor for something else. My family and friends have been so awesome, I just don't know how to thank them - if I had the energy to do so...

Oh - and flagyl stinks! Literally! I know it comes out in urine and poo - but I feel like it's seeping through my pores as well. yucky

that is great that you are home, sorry you are having problems, sleeping, that is the worst! Hope you can catch some zzzz's soon.