GI Visit and Tummy issues

"Never was a cornflake girl
Thought that was a good solution
Hanging with the raisin girls"

-Tori Amos

I spent the day with my dad today. I had an appointment with my GI Doctor and my mom had to leave for work so he took me. It wasn't very eventful. We sat in the waiting room for two hours. Thankfully I was prepared for the extra long wait, there were so many people there. I had brought my sketch book and my copy of the Two Towers for the day at my dad's workshop, so read a good chunk of the Two Towers and I'm almost finished with it. When we finally saw Dr. Arisu he ordered some lab work, so I'm due for a blood draw in about two weeks and a follow up on March 28.

Good news is, I've gained ten pounds over the last two weeks. I am now 110lbs. Also, come mid-March, I'm going to start weaning off of Prednisone by 5mg. My doctor says I should be off of it in about two months. The Asacol is long term though. Also if my symptoms come back after I'm off Prednisone he suggested Imuran as a possible replacement. My mom wants me to go for a more natural treatment. She's into all those herbal medications and super-healing mushrooms and stuff. She hates that I'm on the steroids. I don't mind though. I'll happily take the moon face and the insomnia and the break outs over the pain to be completely honest.

Sure, it would be nice to be without them and I'm hoping that after I'm off the drug my symptoms don't come back. Right now I'm struggling with my stomach. I don't know if it's constipation or something I ate, but it's just not my friend right now. I'm not sure if I should eat dinner tonight. I'm not hungry and I don't want to add to the pains in my stomach.

Anyway, it's getting late and I'm not feeling very well. I'm just going to curl up and try to sleep with some Tori Amos.

"Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens"

-Tori Amos