I’m going home today!

They need to finalise my paperwork and meds so it’ll be another couple of hours but I’ll be sleeping in my own bed tonight.

The doctor said I need to take it easy for the next week or so because of, not just the physical illness, but also the stress of it all. It does mean another week off work but I think it’s what I need; to heal in my own space.

My pain has subsided now too so I’m feeling a lot better than I was this morning. It seems to be mornings are painful, regardless, but it goes after a little while. I’ll just have to keep myself dosed up on painkillers.

I may have jinxed myself…

The doctors came round this morning to see how I was feeling and check how many BM I’m having daily. He looked over my stool diary and said he wanted to wait until tomorrow before seeing about discharging me. I’m feeling pretty bumbed by this but I know I’m not reacting as quickly to things as they’d like so it’s the best place for me right now. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s possible to develop an immunity to things like prednisolone.

Quick update

The doctor came to see me this evening because I had trouble breathing again after dinner. She said it could have been brought on by my anxiety that the humira might stop working like the infliximab did. So she said to not think about it and try and relax. It still looks likes I’ll be going home tomorrow but they want to keep an eye on me until then, just in case. I hope everyone is having a relaxed evening.

One more night…

Because of my shortness of breath this morning, the doctors want to keep me in for another night just to make sure it’s nothing serious. They said there’s no clot or signs of infection but they want to be safe because of my heightened risk of infection. The joys of being on immunosuppressive meds.

Feeling better but…

I was short of breath this morning so they did an ECG, chest xray and took blood from both vein and wrist artery – one of the most painful medical things I have ever experienced. They still need to review the xray but my blood oxygen and everything is fine. I think I may have just overdone it this morning because I feel fine now. I just hope this doesn’t mean I’ve got to stay another night.