Doctor Appointment Today

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My appointment was this morning to discuss the next medication for my UC since nothing has been working. My options were severely limited. I had two choices. Both of them a biologic, and both seen in advertisements on TV. You know the ones, they have the side affects as long as your arm and could ultimately lead to death. Of course that's the worse case scenario. Both involve needles. One is self administered. Absolutely NOT. I don't like needles so I would not be able to administer that one myself. That left the infusion. That one is administered every 8 weeks by IV. It takes three hours for the infusion. But at least I wouldn't be administering it to myself. So that's a plus. On the other hand I did tell her about how hard it is to administer an IV to me. They need to use a baby IV. I have very small veins. Also finding a vein is also a problem. The last time they used an IV on me for the colonoscopy it went into the muscle instead of the vein. Yeah, I'm not an easy IV candidate. In order for Medicaid to approve the biologic, I needed to be tested for TB and Hep B. She, the nurse practitioner, also ordered other blood draws for blood level, iron, and D. So in all I had 7 vials of blood drawn today. I'll know the test results by the end of the week. I won't be surprised if I'm back on iron. It would be nice if I was off D, but I don't see that happening. So the good thing in all this, if it works, is that it will only be once every 8 weeks I'll go for the infusion and I should be back in the pool in a couple weeks. I hope. So the suggested option is Remicaid. No, I'm not a happy camper, but if it will put the UC in remission, that would be great. I did talk to her at length about diet, and she told me what I'm doing is good. I told her about the Blood Type diet, and she suggested another for me to look up specific for UC. So I'll go to that site as well and see what all is involved in that. I also told her what supplements I'm taking and she made note of it. So it was a good visit that took two hours of my time, but I'm none the worse for wear, considering the blood they took from me. Now I just wait for the results. The good thing coming out of the colonoscopy is that I do not have cancer or even a hint of it, so that's a good thing. I do have severe UC. So now to get it under control so I can get my life back to normal. Sort of. I hope you have had a good day. Thanks for reading.