I should be in charge of everyone's prescriptions.
I had a colonoscopy earlier this month. No big news...everything went pretty much how I expected. The only major difference from my first one was that I wasn't nervous at all. I had my follow-up appointment the other day, and no real surprises. The biopsies showed no signs of cancer, which is a great relief (wasn't that concerned, but I am at a higher risk for it, so...nice to know my cells are dividing normally).
Dr. Kittinger wants to be more aggressive in terms of medication. Seeing as how I'm not currently taking any medication, this leads a lot of options open. I think he should give me a Pez prescription, but he's thinking more along the lines of an immunosuppressant. Yesterday I had some blood drawn so they can check my genetic makeup to see if I produce enough of a certain enzyme required to metabolize said drug.
The plan is to put me on this Imuran stuff, which is basically a chemotherapy drug (in case you missed it earlier, I don't have cancer). A lot of Crohn's patients (Crohnies?) use just that, but a lot also use it in conjunction with Remicade, so that is a possibility for me as well. Remicade is a ridiculously expensive treatment, which my insurance would completely, and most thankfully, cover. The kicker is that it's administered through a 2-hour infusion and I'd need to have it done every 8 weeks. So, I'm hoping to just stay on the Imuran, but I realize that may not be the case. To be completely honest, I'd really just like to do the Pez route. I'd be willing to have that given to me for two hours every eight weeks, but I really don't know if insurance would cover it.
I don't really know what to think. It's odd. I'm perfectly at peace with the fact that I've got this chronic illness. No biggie. I resent the need to be medicated for the rest of my life. Not being sick, mind you, but being medicated. It's completely irrational.
Anyway, I'm tired, and just felt the need to ramble.
I still want Pez.
Dr. Kittinger wants to be more aggressive in terms of medication. Seeing as how I'm not currently taking any medication, this leads a lot of options open. I think he should give me a Pez prescription, but he's thinking more along the lines of an immunosuppressant. Yesterday I had some blood drawn so they can check my genetic makeup to see if I produce enough of a certain enzyme required to metabolize said drug.
The plan is to put me on this Imuran stuff, which is basically a chemotherapy drug (in case you missed it earlier, I don't have cancer). A lot of Crohn's patients (Crohnies?) use just that, but a lot also use it in conjunction with Remicade, so that is a possibility for me as well. Remicade is a ridiculously expensive treatment, which my insurance would completely, and most thankfully, cover. The kicker is that it's administered through a 2-hour infusion and I'd need to have it done every 8 weeks. So, I'm hoping to just stay on the Imuran, but I realize that may not be the case. To be completely honest, I'd really just like to do the Pez route. I'd be willing to have that given to me for two hours every eight weeks, but I really don't know if insurance would cover it.
I don't really know what to think. It's odd. I'm perfectly at peace with the fact that I've got this chronic illness. No biggie. I resent the need to be medicated for the rest of my life. Not being sick, mind you, but being medicated. It's completely irrational.
Anyway, I'm tired, and just felt the need to ramble.
I still want Pez.