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This is Thomas, an older kitten currently available for adoption at Chesapeake Cats and Dogs:


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Just got the official diagnosis.

I have Crohn's disease.

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Food pictures in my
facebook friends news feed while I
slowly sip Ensure.

I apparently jumped the gun with my "I have a diagnosis" post. I saw the GI doctor yesterday and he doesn't want to give me a diagnosis until after I have a colonoscopy done, which is scheduled for next Wednesday. That being said, Crohn's disease is on the relatively-short list of possibilities (what is the plural for diagnosis?); the other ( Read more... )

Here's the (very short) list of what I can "eat". Technically, I can eat whatever I want, but this is the list of what I can ingest that don't make my symptoms worse. You'll see why I've been putting quotes around the word eat when you read the list...

1. Ensure nutrition shakes (vanilla and butter pecan): These have been absolutely essential to me. ( Read more... )

Test results are in.

I have Crohn's disease.

It was pretty non-eventful for us. We were very lucky. Here's a list of the notable events at our house:

• Power flickers around 1PM, leading me to panic that we're going to lose it soon and urge Rob to come home RIGHT NOW.
• Hearing the wind gust thwapping our house, I again urge Rob to come home from his office 10 minutes away at 1:30.
• Rob finally ( Read more... )

Feeling a bit better today, both emotionally and physically. Thanks to everyone who commiserated with me yesterday and/or tried to cheer me up.

ETA: spoke too soon. The fever is back.

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Je viens de découvert deux choses formidable que mon iPod peut faire--le premier: je peux changer le "keyboard" (comment dit-on "keyboard" en français?) de mon iPod à français; et la deuxième: que quand je change le "keyboard", la dictionnaire change aussi. C'est formidable!

[English translation: i just discovered two great things about my iPod-- ( Read more... )