Thursday, June 16, 2011

I Knew It Was A Long Shot....

So the Remicade Gods must have something against me.
I had to cancel my loading dose appointments on account of a "Fungus". It's on my shoulders and rib area. I went to my GI doctor yesterday and she said she wanted me to see a dermatologist before I proceed. So I settled in for a two month wait of Entocort and phone call tag with yet another doctor's office. So imagine my surprise when I get a call, not 24 hours after the referral was sent that I go on Tuesday! Awsome! So there's nothing left to do now but sit back, relax, and wait for Tuesday morning....

....and maybe paint my nails. ;D

Friday, June 10, 2011

Caterpillers and Concrete Appointments....

Well, first thing's first. I managed to save five drowning caterpillers from within the depths of a rather wet Tonka Truck. The first two were revived within mere seconds of laying on the nice warm stone in the sunshine and were quickly wisked away into the Dollarstore bug catcher. The third and fourth took about 3 and 4 minutes, respectively. But the fifth little guy who was deemed "Abidulio" by a certain four year-old little girl just wouldn't budge. I thought it was only going to be a 80% survival of the pack but this little girl wouldn't give up. She held him in her hands, force fed him leaves and even held him up high so that he could be "closer to the sun". And gosh darn it if after ten minutes of this the little bugger didn't start crawling! He was then re-introduced to his friends in the nice-stick-and-leaf-filled-captivity where he is still living out his days. When asked why his name was Abidulio she answered, "Because that's his name and I like it!" Here are a couple of pictures of the little guy.


Just goes to show you that even the little things can brighten your day and we as adults need to slow down and see the world for what it is. And the best way to do this is though the eyes of children. Man I love my job!





Health Update: I have Remicade Appointments! My application went through and I go June 22nd for the first round, July 4th for the second and August 3rd for the last loading dose. I'm so excited about getting off of the Entocort and Imuran(I hate swallowing pills, but then again, who does?)but I'm getting scared for the Remicade. Here's hoping it works!!!! *FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED*

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Remicade or Remi-can't????

So as some of you know I am waiting to get my Remicade treatment, and it's been quite the ordeal. Since Remicade is $30,000-$40,000 dollars a year and I just don't have that kind of change sitting around I have to get approval for government funding. I apparently didn't mention that I didn't have Private Health Insurance so I've been on and off the phone trying to sort that out when all I needed was a quick fax and I'm home free. So now I currently wait for an appointment. Being sick is exhausting........