Wow! I got some not so nice news from my doc. But first a little background info…
On the 3rd of May I was still feeling pretty bad in the gut. So I finally folded and went to the ER. There they did an CT scan and gave me some meds via IV. After a couple hours they came in and gave me the news. It was great news. There was no complete obstruction of the small intestine. However, there was lots of distention throughout the entire length of the intestine. So they gave me some more meds and told me to follow-up with my doc the next day.
At my doc appointment, he gave me the bad news. There is definitely a partial obstruction in the works. It is being caused by one of two things—either a nasty flare of my crohn’s disease, or adhesions. For those who don’t know, adhesions are places where the small intestine are stuck to the abdominal wall, other portions of the small intestine, or other organs. That is bad because in order to do its job, it must be able to move freely within the abdominal cavity.
So the doc put me on a high dose of prednisone, my arch enemy, and told me to remain on a liquid diet until further notice. And prednisone is my arch enemy because it is what caused my osteoporosis which has led to 18 broken bones over the last 6 years.
So that’s it. I am sort of in limbo. Until the partial obstruction clears or becomes a complete obstruction, we can’t really move forward. So if I’m a little late with my updates here, I hope you’ll forgive me. Until next time…
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