Vicious Circle
I wanted to update you all on the biopsy procedure.
It didn’t happen. Nope, it didn’t occur - you read that right. Why? Well the day before the surgery my Crohn’s disease decided it felt left out of all the excitement and made a come back. Ahhh yes, oh how I missed the cramping, the frequent trips to the “head” and yes, pardon my Yiddish; The runny bloody shits. Now that my friends is sexy, aye?
So the surgery was put on hold, and the good Doc Sabel reluctantly brought back yet another old friend of mine. Prednisone. You remember my ol’ pal Prednisone don’t ya? That’s the steroid ( or better known by its technical term: Crap! ) that killed my hip, caused the AVN (avascular necrosis) and lead to the Hip Replacement. I guess if theres any good news, it’s THAT - the new hip is wonderful. Thats right kids, I said WONDERFUL! If you can believe that. It’s too bad that its over shadowed by this other horseshit and I really can’t enjoy the damn thing other than it makes running to the toilet more enjoyable?
The vicious circle here goes like this. It started with Crohn’s - after several trials and drugs that caused all kinds of things including pancreatitis we finally found something that put my Crohn’s at bay. Humira. Originally created to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, a nice unexpected result was it seemed to work on Crohn’s disease and YAY for that. However there was a slim chance it could cause lymphoma in some unlucky bastard with a blog about his shitta health situation. AND so,… After the hip surgery and my return trip to the ER the doc’s there discovered some issues with my Lymph Nodes and suggested that I hold off the Humira until the biopsy. Holding off in turn may have cause the return of Crohn’s and my current flare ( as those of us afflicted call it ) thus postponing my biopsy and causing me to get put on prednisone which caused my hip to die ( for those keeping score - I only have one more hip left ) and so the cycle has begun once again to repeat itself.
Some have suggested that I have the colon removed. Well first, Ewww and the hell with that. And second I have whats been called Crohn’s presenting as Ulcerative Colitis. Meaning usually Crohn’s effects the small intestine and mine is on the large one. So there is a chance that this devilish disease could just hop on over the the small and render me quite screwed and certainly no better off then I am now. Probably worse as I wouldn’t have a god damn colon and I’d be just as shitty. Figurative and Literally. So no,… not a plan. At least at the moment. There is always a chance that it will become a mute point and all medical parties and myself may throw our hands up and say “fuck it!”
We aren’t there yet.
The plan now is to stabilize the Crohn’s so I can get this damn biopsy done. Sitting here not knowing if you have cancer, or wasting valuable time not treating any potential cancer is as far from contented as one could be. I’m trying my best to stay out of the damn hospital too. Usually that’s where I end up when I flare. I hope to hell I don’t end up there this time.
So that’s that. That’s me. How are YOU?
( Further Bulletins As Events Warrant, Thank you that is all. )