Crohn's Disease Relief

Battle with Crohn's is ongoing | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Like many diseases, Crohn's is a thief. It steals health, time, dreams and even life. It took 11 years to complete my undergraduate degree. I was forced to withdraw from law school twice. Now, I am getting a master's degree in science management, with a focus on health administration, from Indiana Wesleyan University. But I'm taking the LSAT in October and hope to go back to law school, so I can be a legal advocate for people with disabilities.

What motivates me is the memory of how it felt when I was at my lowest point and knowing that I never want to return to that point.

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I really enjoyed this article from the IndyStar paper by Cheryl Ward as told to reporter Barb Berggoetz.

What Next? Shingles.

Well folks, my health saga is just the gift that keeps on giving.  Now I have shingles.  I thought it was a spider bite, then a rash, and my OB /GYNs nurse practitioner said get to your doctor because that looks like shingles.  She was right.

I am on Valtrex (generic) and spraying it with Dermoplast spray to try to numb the itchy pain.  It is getting pretty bad although it didn't seem bad until right when they diagnosed it.  LOL.  Lucky I got to the doc by Friday or I would be very unhappy at the emergency med clinic over the weekend. 

On Monday I want to call and ask for some lidocaine cream to put on it.  I just want to numb that area.  It has a terrible painful itch.

Flaring

I'm just popping in to say "sorry for the quiet around here."  I've been flaring really bad for about two weeks and not had a lot of extra energy for blogging.

I had strep throat and that has seemed to trigger a a long 15 day long migraine and a Crohn's flare to go along with it.  At this point I have given up on all the migraine meds and pain killers to try to stop any rebound headaches.  Basically I am just suffering through it with heating packs and quiet.

I have a weeks vacation from work coming up June 18th so I just have to hang in there until then.  Thank God for my husband who does everything for us except the part where I have to go to work.

Wishing you all calm tummies and happy days.