Tag: recovery

Humira update

So, I called the hospital to find out if there was a specific time my humira is meant to be delivered today. They said I should have been contacted by the health care company that deals with the deliveries of medication like humira but when I said I haven’t received any paperwork or phone calls, they said they’d look into it for me. I’m a little concerned that someone’s messed up and I won’t get my injections today. This wouldn’t be a problem if I wasn’t going to be at work for the rest of the week. Now, I’m just waiting for a call from either the hospital or the delivery company. I’m trying to stay positive; I don’t need another anxiety attack.

Had a very successful dinner with a friend I haven’t seen in ages. I made a mango chicken stir-fry, and then had hot gluten-free brownies with vanilla ice cream and homemade toffee sauce for pudding.

So far, my gut is behaving. Now, I’m off to bed for some well-earned sleep.

Day #1 back at work

I went back to work today, but only for the afternoon because the hospital recommended a phased return to work instead of going straight back into full days. It was tiring, even though we weren’t busy, but I feel ok. My legs ache from standing a lot but my stomach/gut have behaved themselves, mostly.

I’m looking forward to having a friend round for dinner this evening; I’m going to attempt stir-fried mango chicken with noodles.

First day back at work today after three weeks off. I’m both looking forward to it but also anxious incase it’s too much too soon. I’m only doing a half day so hopefully shouldn’t be too stressful. Wish me luck!

Update for Wednesday

Had a somewhat productive day so far; sorted out my doctors appointment, picked up stuff for dinner on Friday (I’ve got a friend coming round who I haven’t seen in ages), and I’ve even done a few design sketches for my next cosplay idea for London Comic Con in May.

My legs were pretty tired after walking to and from the doctors, but I’m relaxing now, watching Supernatural season 10, and playing on my tablet. I’m feeling a lot better today, even though I didn’t sleep well last night. Bathroom breaks are still quite frequent but not as daunting as they were a week ago. I seem to be regaining my appetite little by little too but I’m still struggling to regain the weight I lost. Thank goodness for Fortisip drinks; I’m only having one per day, because I don’t want to become reliant on them, but they help towards my daily calories which I can’t do with food alone at the moment.

Not IBD-related (unless you count interacting with my pet rats as part of my recovery), but this just happened and it’s cheered me up before bed.
This is Zynaida and she’s not normally easy to get out of the cage. She didn’t struggle this time though and she was very calm and happy whilst on my shoulder. So proud of her! @cutiespoonies

So, I still don’t have my meds from the hospital because they didn’t tell the day nurses it needed doing. I now need to call the ward again tomorrow to see if it’s all ready and then, hopefully, go and collect them all. It’s a good thing they had three days worth of prednisolone to give me yesterday otherwise I’d be in trouble. I just hope they also give me some fortisip because food is still a bit of a challenge for me.