I wish I could replace my plumbing
Might be going away for a while. No, not to jail. :p Will know more tomorrow.
It sucks that we can augment breasts and tighten up faces, but we can't fix internal plumbing. Bits and pieces can be removed, but not fixed. Not in my case, anyway. I've got two problems right now. 1) My Crohn's is kicking my ass out the window and 2) I have some sort of testicular issue that's not probably not epididymitis. I've been taking diclofenac for #2 (thinking it was epididymitis), and I think it might be aggravating #1, despite the Crohn's being located in my ileum, and not my duodenum or stomach. Apparently diclofenac is considered a contraindication in Crohn's patients (just found this out). We will have to see. SSRIs play havok with my GI tract — I appear to be very sensitive to just about every psych med in the book. (Except benzodiazepines. :rolleyes: ) Not that diclofenac is a psych med.
Ironically, I'd probably have found this out quicker if I was healthy — feeling terrible makes it difficult to step outside yourself and look and think objectively about what is going on.
I think stress is playing a role here, too. I could really use a vacation. Somewhere quiet with a lot of alone time and some good books. However the finances do not allow it.
The prospect of drinking another liter of liquid chalk barium doesn't particularly thrill me, either.
I feel pretty horrible, and it shows in my crappy writing of late. 
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Oh dude, I am so sorry. I find barium better than GoLytly and a barium study better than a colonoscopy:)
It could be worse, but that certainly doesnt make it better. Dont stress about your blog readers, that will just make things worse, worry about you and getting better.
I am gluten intolerant, before I figured that out, life was shit… literally… no one realizes how bad and untreatable pain in the gut can be.
Take rest my friend, and as for your nuts… I dont know… I dont have nuts, but I am sorry you have to stand and walk all day with them between your legs.
Comment by greensunflower — October 30, 2007 @ 12:03 am
So sorry to hear the news. I read your blog all the time - I'm tangentially involved in the industry, and you always have something smart, interesting, acerbic to say - its essential reading. Thats your mind and your perspective and Crohns may have got your ilium but your cerebral cortexes are still intact, and I'll wait patiently for you to be in a place where you can share them again. Be kind to yourself. Us readers can wait. All the very best to you.
Comment by ziipppp — October 30, 2007 @ 1:37 am
Hey, I enjoy reading your blog. I'm so sorry about the things that happened. Hope you get well soon
Take care.
Comment by Pepperpourri — October 30, 2007 @ 4:16 am
Bummer.
Feel better soon.
Comment by #1 Dinosaur — October 30, 2007 @ 6:46 am
Hi. Sorry to hear about the Crohns. Arrived at this blog from a link on the last one.
Urg. Have noticed stomach pains are often something people who aren't experiencing them can't really empathise with.
Hope you make a full recovery.
Comment by sneexe — November 2, 2007 @ 3:09 am
I am sorry to read you are having health problems, it is an awful thing to feel miserable. I hope you seek proper treatment and will feel better soon.
This is the first time I've visited your site, so maybe I am in waters where I will not be welcomed, but I do have to say, I would be careful when referring to a post someone else has made where they are practicing medicine and were in the position of s lifnot having had children. Please be sensitive to the fact that you do not know the circumstances behind this. It could be this is a very young Dr. yet, it could be there are medical issues- just as you have, beyond your control, or it is a choice. You may not have meant to hold them up as an example of their profession and the consequences of having chosen it, but it came across as such. I agree that medicine is a difficult profession. I feel for our physicians that struggle to balance home life and a profession. Seems every other profession allows you to have a life, but a doctor it seems, should just forget it. It pains me to see those that sacrifice and work so hard to help others (not all are good I know), but I stand behind the ones that are. I do hope you feel better soon. I know what it is to suffer and feel sick, I wish you all the best.
Comment by Chrysalis Angel — November 3, 2007 @ 9:47 pm
How are you doing now?
Comment by greensunflower — November 11, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
I have my good days and my bad days. More bad days than good days, but moving towards more good days. I think I may have to step up to a 6MP immunomodulator in the near future. I really don't want to, though.
Oh well. Life isn't fair, I suppose.
Comment by RJS — November 11, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
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