This will be an update post on my progress so far. It’s officially been a week since my loading dose of Humira and we are now officially down to 20 mg of Prednisone (I’m halfway there). I start going down 0.5 mg each week for Prednisone and then this coming Saturday I take 80 mgContinueContinue reading “The Downsides & Upsides”
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Humira & Me: My First Experience
Warning: explicit language and lots of details about poop (no surprise) Yesterday was Humira day. Can you believe it? It all happened so fast. Let’s rewind a little bit here. So like I said in my last post, our choice was to start with Humira because it just seemed like a better fit for myContinueContinue reading “Humira & Me: My First Experience”
The Best Way to Practice Self-Care
For anyone who knows me personally, you would know I lead a pretty stressful life. My job involves running Early Childhood Development programs where I work with families from all different backgrounds to provide intervention & prevention services, I teach an anger management program , I volunteer at the Sexual Assault Center, I provide earlyContinueContinue reading “The Best Way to Practice Self-Care”
When Anxiety Takes Over
Prednisone kicks some serious butt! I’m beginning to wonder if the evils outweigh the good at this point. Well, that’s not entirely true. I KNOW right now they do. I’m doing a lot better, but these new symptoms are really consuming me. Joint pains- never had it before and can definitely say I am notContinueContinue reading “When Anxiety Takes Over”
What is Prednisone?
Prednisone is one of those steroids that’s fairly well known within the community, for good and bad things. I myself had heard more bad things than good things, so hearing that I would be going on it worked up some serious anxiety within me. The word steroids in general is such a scary word. So whatContinueContinue reading “What is Prednisone?”
Week 1 of Prednisone
Well it’s official, I have survived my first week and a bit of Prednisone. Victory dance! Now I know some of you are like “It’s only been a week, simmer down.” But I will have you know, that this is the first treatment plan that my body hasn’t rejected within that week span. I hadContinueContinue reading “Week 1 of Prednisone”
Things I Wish People Knew About Ulcerative Colitis
Now that I’ve been very open about my diagnosis, I often get bombarded with questions, usually from people who genuinely care and just want a better understanding. Of course, I’m always open to answering questions and have gotten used to answering the question “how are you doing”, because honestly it is what it is! ButContinueContinue reading “Things I Wish People Knew About Ulcerative Colitis”
My Experience Travelling Unstable: Disney & Universal Studios
Ola readers! I am back from “vacation”, which I quickly realized did not feel like a vacation at all. That sounds so negative to start the post, but I had mixed feelings about the trip. Don’t get me wrong- I absolutely loved the trip, loved the experience, the people I travelled with, the weather was prettyContinueContinue reading “My Experience Travelling Unstable: Disney & Universal Studios”
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