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I really need to get into shape!

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You know being stuck at home due to illness can really make you get out of shape fast. I’ve been feeling so awful for the past two months that I really haven’t done much of anything.

When I work in my garden, wow, I really feel it. I don’t think there’s been a time this summer when I’ve worked in the garden and haven’t come in with a sore back.

I need to get back into shape! I’ve lost muscle tone – that’s for sure. Lately I’ve been thinking that I should buy one of those treadmill machines. It’s going to be cold here soon and bad weather will follow. I couldn’t convince myself to get outside as much as I should in the summer so I doubt it will change in the winter time. That’s why I think some form of exercise machine might be in order. Maybe I’ll even try something like muscle milk to speed up the process of getting back into shape. Maybe.

To make matters worse my doctors talking about putting me on prednisone soon. Almost everyone I know that’s been on steroids ends up gaining weight. I’m at a good weight right now, but if I go on steroids I’ll probably bloat up and gain weight. Great. Inactive, out of shape and facing weight gain? Bad news!





Doctors, drugs and pregnancy

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At the end of August I had an appointment with my pain doctor, but I had to cancel it because I had the flu at the time. I then had to wait two weeks for my rescheduled appointment.

Of course this has thrown my prescriptions all off. When I missed my appointment I was almost due for a new prescription of my pain meds. She doesn’t like to write out prescriptions when medicines aren’t due. I don’t mind that as I used to work in a pain clinic for close to 10 years and I know that people in chronic pain can abuse their drugs and overuse them.

So, when I was due for my meds I had to call my pharmacy who then placed a call to the doctor to get the refill.

Now since my appointments are out of whack I just had to do that again. I’ve only got a few days worth of pain meds left.

I hate having to call the pharmacy to get refills. They are slow, don’t always call the doctor and the whole experience of having to ask a third party for my pain meds kind of makes me feel like a drug abuser.

To top that off, during my last appointment with my pain doctor in mid September we were talking about what would happen if I became pregnant. You guys know we’re trying to get pregnant right? Well that’s not always the best thing when you are on pain meds. None of the meds I’m on will hurt a baby, but the doctor did talk to me about the fact that if I’ve been taking pain meds while pregnant our baby would probably have to go through a mini drug rehab when it’s born.

I’m hoping that’s not the case if I do get pregnant. Many women with Crohn’s end up going into remission when they get pregnant and often feel their best while pregnant. I’m hoping I’m one of those women as I’d be able to get off my pain meds and have a truly healthy baby if that were the case.

Whatever happens if I do get pregnant I think I’ll try to get off the pain meds that I’m on even if I’m still having pain symptoms from the Crohn’s disease. Keep your fingers crossed that the non narcotic pain medication that I got two weeks ago works for me as I’ll be able to start getting off the heavy duty pain meds if it works!

Only soft boring food for a while

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Chris and I had a late dinner since I wasn’t feeling well earlier in the evening.

I think I should have just skipped eating dinner this evening or perhaps just had something light like chicken broth because as soon as I ate that horrible pain in my upper right started again.

No it’s not gall bladder. I’ve had that checked so many times now it’s not funny. It’s some referred pain from my abdomen, probably from my small bowels. They are inflamed and possibly scared due to the crohn’s.

I guess it’s time to go on a very bland diet. Soup, rice, yogurt, apple sauce and things like that. Boring but soft and easy to eat and digest. It might help.

God I hate being so sick. I really hate it.

Gurgles and growls are a good thing

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I didn’t have a very good night last night. I spent the majority of the night in really bad pain. Sometimes when my Crohn’s is acting up I get pain that radiates up into my chest from my abdomen. I’m fairly certain that this occurs only when I have a bowel obstruction and it’s pretty scary because the pain is so intense it’s unbelievable.

Needless to say I spent another night without sleep and this time round I even considered going to the hospital. Of course just as I truly started to considering a hospital visit the pain finally started to subside. When a blockage resolves itself you would not believe the sounds that come from my abdomen. I really must record the gurgles that it makes. It’s so loud! I’ve come to know that the noise means I’m out of danger so I welcome the gurgles

I spent the day recovering and trying to sleep. The darn phone kept ringing though! Who keeps calling with a private long distance number? I do not answer calls who’s numbers I can’t see as it usually ends up being a survey or a “you won” call.

Anyway, that was my exciting day. Now I’m busy playing catch up on my sites!

Canceled due to illness

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Well I didn’t end up going out of town to the surprise Anniversary party.

I had a massively horrible headache all last night that didn’t give up the ghost until about five in the morning. I probably just about killed my liver taking Tylenol yesterday. Hey maybe I did hurt my stomach, ’cause it started to act up worse than normal by about 11 pm so I was contending with my headache/ migraine and abdominal pain at the same time and into the night.

Needless to say I really didn’t get any sleep so I could see going out of town to a surprise party that might not even happening!

At about 11 am Chris called his sister to see what the plan was for later in the day. Since I wasn’t going to Brantford he’d decided to go a bit earlier and clean out the eaves troves for his parents since they’d asked him to do it a couple weeks before. Chris’ sister couldn’t talk long when he called because she was cooking a turkey and a roast for the small party!

Hey … this was supposed to be an afternoon party with finger foods.

I mean, our friends didn’t even know about the party and I’m pretty sure the reason it was supposed to just be a small late afternoon party was because Jan had to work in the evening or do a night shift at the Casino. So now she’s going to go to work with a big meal of turkey in her belly and probably fall asleep at work? LOL Maybe.

I just hope that Jan really isn’t greeting them at the door dressed in lingerie or something right about now …

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