Slowly but surely I am getting there. It’s the eve of my scope prep starting and I am hungry. I keep thinking this is the last time I will do a colonoscopy because I might not have a colon in a couple months. And boy…
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Just… *exhales and sighs*
I feel rotten today. I spent Tuesday afternoon onwards at my boyfriends house. I don’t spend alot of time there because of recent problems I’ve had with my Crohn’s, its easier to be at home. But we had a night and a day off together…
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Pre-Scope Assessment – 26.02.16
What is a pre assessment appointment? “Patients attending for a Colonoscopy procedure are seen by a pre assessment nurse prior to the date of their procedure. At this appointment the pre assessment nurse takes information from you and advises you how to prepare for the…
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GI Clinic – 23.02.16
Never did I think I would be without any real plan. Never did I see my job being taken away from me from taking “too many” sick days. So you can understand my frustration can’t you? *** So I went into this appointment with very…
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Clinical Trial vs Surgery
With each step of my disease, I’ve become more and more like a squirrel. I’ve become the hoarder of information. Gathering all the relevant nuggets of advice I can in order to make the best and well informed decision I can. This is no truer…
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Navigating the ‘Chronic’
Some people would hide away. Some people would happily live denying what’s happening. Some people would keep it all inside. Some people would rather talk about anything but this. And what is “this” when its highlighted, bold, italicised and underlined? A life with a chronic illness.…
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This time last year…
.. I was experiencing my first really serious bout of “on-medication-but-feeling-as-if-I’m-going-without”. I had just completed my first year of Infliximab and I’d made it through Christmas. Boyfriend and I had plans to get away for the February break and picked Cornwall for a week’s holiday.…
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XOXO
We sat in the car, driving to the hospital. Nothing unusual in that; we often drive to the hospital. But I sat there wondering why he was so okay with taking me there. When did it become so normal for us to be going there…
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Scope booked – oh the dread
FINALLY! After numerous phone calls, I’ve finally received my complete paperwork for my colonoscopy. Pre-assessment on Feb 23rd and procedure on March 8th. So after all this time waiting and then chasing for my appointment, I’m just as eager to get it over and done…