On Monday I reported to my GI doctor that I had experienced
about 10 days of night sweats, after he put me on Imuran. He ordered me to stop taking Imuran until
after I completed a battery of blood tests to ensure nothing bad is happening.
My night sweats stopped the same night I stopped taking the
Imuran.
Another interesting coincidence is that last two days I had
taken the Imuran, I also felt a mild burning sensation in my bladder (like I
had a bladder infection). I haven’t
reported this to my doctor yet, but I
intend to do so as soon as I talk to him (or his nurse) next.
So far I haven’t suffered any Crohn’s flare-up
symptoms. However, it’s much harder for
me to tell when I’m flaring now. Back in
the ‘90s when I had a flare, I started bleeding and became anemic. It made the Crohn’s flare obvious. Now I can’t really tell what my Crohn’s is
doing. I sometimes suffer an ache in the
lower-right quadrant of my abdomen but this has never seemed to me to signal a
flare, it’s just something I’m used to dealing with now.
The main thing for me now is, I don’t think I can afford the
Humira or Remicade treatment, so I really want to give the Imuran a good try
before moving to something stronger.
Oh, I also discovered that Imuran can cause hair loss, fun!
As you can see from my previous post, I am try to ramp up my physical activity. I think (or maybe it's hope) it helps me control my stress.
I remember what I felt like when my Crohn's was active in the '90s and I had to take tons of steroids. I'm not sure I could have started running then. I got into running about 3 years ago when I was mostly in remission. I'm pretty sure that I can keep this going through the flare (unless something really bad like the abscess happens). My goal is to run another marathon at sometime. I hope the Crohn's cooperates!
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