Crohns and Arthritis
Posted by dallen, Nov 6 2009, 11:10 PMAfter a couple of days of taking the new med for artritis, it seems to be helping, now I wonder if this is a take as needed, or if its going to be a everyday thing. The price of some of the medicines out there I really feel for those that don't have insurance. It hurts my wallet with insurance. If the president gets his healthcare plan passed I wonder if the country can afford it, and if the ones that want to keep the insurance they got will get stuck with a tax of some kind to help pay for the national plan.
just gettin started
Posted by dallen, Nov 6 2009, 10:20 AM
To get this started I'll introduce myself, I am 48 soon 49 yrs old, blue collar, working male with a great family. I really enjoy where I'm at in life right now, and I am lucky enough to have been married to my wife for the past 27 years (high school sweet heart). Enough said about that, I decided to start this as a way to post and complain about Crohns and Drs and such and also so others might share some of the same feelings.
I rarely went to the Dr up until about three years ago, that when I wound up being hospitalized with a partial blockage in the small intestines. After that it seems I now go to the Dr ALL THE TIME! which I really don't like but all in all it could be a lot worse. I hate taking meds too, and it seems that that is what I have to do all the time. Take this med, try this med, lets see how you do on this med, come back in four weeks ( get the picture ). Now the question, when do you talk to the Dr and which DR about what is the best and right coarse of treatment? I didn't think my problems with Crohns was bad enough to warrant anything other than the meds I was taking, now my family Dr has me taking a med for arthritis so I am taking three different kind of pills a day now. I want one medicine that will cover it all !!!!
One other thing do we all start falling apart at age 50 ??? I never thought to much about birthdays and such because to me it really is just another day and you are as old as you want to be. I have noticed though that I do have a lot more aches and pains where I didn't use too. Doctors aren't much help with aging either, comments like well you'll be 50 soon and you need to have that checked regularly, or since your close to 50 you need to get these test done every year or two.
Now taking different medicines for the different problems associated with Crohns and Arthritis who tell which is a side effect of the medicine, or the condition.
Seems every med has the same side effects ie. diarrhea, constipation, nausea, headaches, so here I sit waiting on the next side effect sending me to the potty room.
And life goes on. !