So, the cause of my massive flare out of nowhere? Constipation. Who knew you could have 50+ bms a day and be impacted? What the heck....? The world makes no frakking sense. Anyway, I was hospitalized...
W Sure there are bad doctors out there, and we are all unlucky enough to come across a few now and again. Yours might have cheated you out of an easy fix by denying you the opportunity to try Humira....
Oh, you know the news, Spartan. :-) Blood tests and stool samples and more medication and a wait until Monday. But I'm hopeful. For all I know, I could have the flu. I mean, how would I know?...
It takes 3 months to know for sure whether Humira will work or not, not a year, and I have only been on it for a month and a half, that's half the doses, as my signature and first post states. If...
Thanks, NiceCupOfTea, I know you mean well, and I'm sorry the switch didn't work for you, but that's the LAST thing I need to hear right now unless you are a doctor. According to my research, most...
I know surgery sounds like an easy fix, but my doctors (1 primary care, 2 GIs, and 1 colo-rectal surgeon) have made some pretty convincing arguments that my most recent colonoscopy (Nov 2013) showed...
Thank you all so much. Spartan, the financial support I'd need for another visit to the Mayo Clinic is for housing and travel expenses while I'm there. I've got great insurance, too, plus Medicare....
Try Metamucil, with you doctor's consent. It's easier on the stomach than laxatives, which I know cause me horrible abdominal cramps, like ER worthy cramps because I thought I was dying. Metamucil...
I took my 3rd dose of Humira on Tuesday. It seemed to slowly be helping from dose #1, and then all of a sudden everything got worse. Not even prednisone is working now, though it is making me so...