It's been a while!

It’s been a while, which doesn’t surprise me. I’ve never been good at keeping up with these kinds of things. The bigger reason why I’ve not been writing is that I have been feeling much, much better. I’ve been on Imuran since April and all was going well.

Then a string of events started in June and my bloodwork was a bit off, I felt sick for a couple days, but then I was ok for a couple weeks.

Enter July, and random days of awful stabbing pains. I realized that was a problem but held off calling my doc because work was crazy and it wasn't a constant pain. I had an MRI previously booked that was coming up, so I figured that if there was something wrong, my doc would see it and call me in.

Guess what? Doc called.

It appears I have something called a phlegmon. From what I understand, it’s inbetween being normal and having and abscess. My doc tells me that had I not been on imuran, it would probably have become an abscess and an immediate problem. It is still a problem nonetheless. Basically, my bowel has a perforation and there's been stuff seeping out into a little baggie type thing. Lovely, yes?

So, I am having a bowel resection by the end of summer. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I have a tentative date for the end of August, but once I meet with the surgeon next week he may move it up. Or perhaps say no surgery?!?! Hahaha

My boss is away this week, so I will drop this bomb on him when he gets back. I’m sure he will be overjoyed that I will have to be off for who knows how long.

Once I know more I will update.

Hope everyone is having a great summer!