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chadta
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Heres my story
Monday morning, big meeting at work, so i go, big D or not, after the meeting i go home. Wednesday still having the big D i go to the walk in clinic, doc says "yeah yeah youve got big D, stay home the rest of the week, heres your note." The following monday everything was still the same so i went back to the walk in clinic, basically told the same thing. Its now Friday week 2 with the big D, ive lost a enough weight that its noticable, my wife and mother insist that i go to the hospital so away i go.
I get a bunch of blod tests done before the GI guy comes in and i get transferred to a different hospital, they basically just start me on prednisone and imuran and send me home. I continue to have the big D and lose weight until my follow up with the GI and which point i am re admitted to the hospital. They then run more tests and hit me with a dose of remicade. The day after the remicade it was like somebody flipped a switch, i felt so good, but oh so weak.
Breakdown, im now on 75 mg of imuran, and my 3rd dose of remicade, i just finished prednisone which i started at 40 mg for 1 week and went down 5mg per week. My weight is back up to 150 lbs after bottoming out at about 115, my starting weight was 180. With any luck ill be strong enough to be able to survive 8 hours standing up shortly and will be able to make my way back to work.
Moral of the story, get a doctor, dont rely on walk in clinics cuz they suck, i saw 3 different doctors in there and not one of them thought there was a problem wiht me having the bid D for 2 weeks straight.
Monday morning, big meeting at work, so i go, big D or not, after the meeting i go home. Wednesday still having the big D i go to the walk in clinic, doc says "yeah yeah youve got big D, stay home the rest of the week, heres your note." The following monday everything was still the same so i went back to the walk in clinic, basically told the same thing. Its now Friday week 2 with the big D, ive lost a enough weight that its noticable, my wife and mother insist that i go to the hospital so away i go.
I get a bunch of blod tests done before the GI guy comes in and i get transferred to a different hospital, they basically just start me on prednisone and imuran and send me home. I continue to have the big D and lose weight until my follow up with the GI and which point i am re admitted to the hospital. They then run more tests and hit me with a dose of remicade. The day after the remicade it was like somebody flipped a switch, i felt so good, but oh so weak.
Breakdown, im now on 75 mg of imuran, and my 3rd dose of remicade, i just finished prednisone which i started at 40 mg for 1 week and went down 5mg per week. My weight is back up to 150 lbs after bottoming out at about 115, my starting weight was 180. With any luck ill be strong enough to be able to survive 8 hours standing up shortly and will be able to make my way back to work.
Moral of the story, get a doctor, dont rely on walk in clinics cuz they suck, i saw 3 different doctors in there and not one of them thought there was a problem wiht me having the bid D for 2 weeks straight.