Today I took the day off work and had a visit with my GI. After 9 months of battling with inflammation...4 weeks of prednisone has killed it! My level is at 2, where a 7 or 8 is normal. I've been up and down anywhere between 15-51 these past 9 months. THANK YOU PREDNISONE!!! Although I generally hate you and your side effects, you get the job done!
This was my first visit with my doctor alone, but I didn't have my mom or friend available to me at the time. I was a bit nervous but I came prepared with a list of things I wanted to discuss, and it turned out to be a very good visit. I guess good news helps everyone relax. We had a good conversation about what we will be doing going forward after I'm done with the prednisone (5 weeks!) and talked a lot about foods. As I mentioned before, food is very very confusing to us with IBD. I asked him his opinion on food causing flares (no), do symptoms mean I am damaging my body or is it just pain (no damage).
I made him tell me a solid do not eat list: seeds, popcorn, no steak, no raw meat (I told him I tried raw salmon and he asked me to please not eat that, incase I get an infection), avoid high fatty foods, and high carbs.
Yes to fish, chicken, veggies (he said to eat salad..so I will try. This will take some time), take omega 3 and probiotics. He also gave me a 2 week supply of my probiotics Align, which is awesome because it costs about $40 every 4 weeks.
Overall, a good visit! Now to see how my intestines do when they're off the meds. I'm a little worried that this is just a temporary fix, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
On my way back home from the doctors I popped into my old jobs to say hi to my old coworkers I haven't seen in a while. Everyone said I've gained weight and my cheeks are chubby. I took it well, it's true anyway. But I was also told that I look a lot better, which is great because usually they tell me I look tired and stressed.
I'm off to check on my pumpkin muffins that are in the oven (thanks Nanny for the silicone baking cups, using them now!) Bye for now!
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