constant, nor does it get high. But every late afternoon/evening, my
temp goes to about 100 degrees. My symptoms of Crohn's pre-medicine
are back. (Nausea, diarrehea, stomach pain, etc)
On top of this, I am still itching. The gland under the left side of
my jaw is sore and swollen, and I have developed a cough.
Last week, my GI doctor had me collect a stool sample to check for C.
Diff and other intestinal infections. Those came back negative.
Today, they called to send me for a chest xray (to check for
tuberculosis), urine, and blood tests. (Checking for infections,
fungal infections, TB, etc)
I am really worried. If it ends up being "just an infection", I have a
tendency to develop blood clots while on antibiotics. TB is scary, of
course. (My medicine, Cimzia, carries a high TB rate.)
But I am also nervous that my Cimzia just isn't working. If it's not
working, the next level of drugs are stem-cell drugs. They did
research on embryonic stem cells. I am NOT ok with this. Catholicism
teaches it is morally wrong and I wholeheartedly agree with that.
While I care about my life and the quality of my life, I don't believe
it should come at the expense of innocent life lost.
I am scared. I am feeling hopeless. I start full-time work again on
Monday and I am afraid I won't be able to hack it.
2 comments:
I am not in any way advocating stem cell research, nor am I playing devil's advocate, however, there are 7 lines that are currently being worked with, and they've been created from donated stem cell material. Can you check where the stem cells have come from?
That still totally sucks though. We are definitely praying for you all.
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