Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Ode to Deitribe

I once saw a man with freak lips eating phillip morris gundertons with a spork. He ate them in alternating ascending and descending order with an ascertion of meager magnitude. 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4... You get the idea.
I wonder how it feels to be freak lipped with OCD of this sort. Many would laugh and stare at the lips as if they had pomposity enough to make and publish alternate theories of relative risk taking. I almost vomited when they saluted a venereal beggar. What was he doing there? He was not as odious as I recalled but secreted an attraction that I had to wash my hands of before urinating. A reiteration of the most recent pandemic representing the various peccary illnesses. A gluttonous, communicable disease without attrition, making humanity a laughable suggestion, a bag of miserable, mildly sentient meat.
There is no hope and Deitribe is not here to help. The secret is out. PIG!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

work, illness and other distractions

Wow, it has been a while. I don't seem to like writing as much as I used to.
Being sick with Crohn's Disease for almost 4 years now has really changed my life.
I have been on medication everyday since the diagnosis, including Humera, Remicade, Methotrexate, Mesalamine, Prednisone, Flagyl, Levaquin, Ciprofloxacin, 6MP, a Pravastatin drug trial, many, many different types of supplements, and lots of Tylenol. I have stopped taking all the immune suppresive medications, as none of them seemed to work very well. I am now on a 2.5 month antibiotic regimen and am feeling much better. I am able to work more regularly and have been able to do more things in the evenings and on weekends.
Work is going well. I am happy to have a job in this economy.
Angela and I are looking at homes this summer and hope to be in something by Fall 2009. There are some good deals out there but a lot of trash too.
I wish I had something more interesting to write about.

Update: 12/10/2019
With varied symptoms from possible remission to hospitalization for perianal abscess, I have decided to take Stelara and have been on it since June 2019. I had an approx. 500 mg infusion at a clinic in August and 90 mg injections every 8 weeks since. Effects have not been 100%, approx 2 weeks before each of the 8 week injections symptoms return but it seems to work well for the first 6. Over the past ten years I have experienced a 3 year "well" state of health using antibiotics (flagyl and cipro) as needed. I still prefer Flagyl to clear-up issues. I have discovered a bit of a reaction to Vancomicin and prefer to steer clear of it. I have only been hospitalized a few times, have tried probiotics, prebiotics, ginger, digestive enzymes, etc., all with varied effectiveness. The most prevalent issues are intestinal cramping and rectal/anal focused inflamation resulting often with perianal abscess. A warm compress helps to soothe and drain the area but the issue can quickly elevate to sepsis.
Angela and I are in the home in Maryland we purchased in 2010.
This seems important to write about now.