Tiny update

I finished the Prednisone. Yay.  But I'm still having little flare ups, moderate pain.  But I'm getting the "crohns bumps" some weird skin ulcers that I had the first time around.

So my GI is having me switch to Humira once a week, instead of every other week.  I'm not too thrilled, but it could be worst.

Plus I love Kaiser.  A month's worth of Humira (4 syringes) costs me $35.  The regular price (without insurance, I guess) is $3660 for the same amount.  Yikes.  Also, the Humira is cheaper than Asacol was (at $55 a month).

For some reason, Kaiser switched from the Humira pens to the syringes.  It's not much different, but it's a little more difficult.  The pens are one and done.  The syringes have a few steps.  And they make me shakier.  I'm not great with needles.

Calm before the storm?

Nothing much to report on the Crohns front right now.  Just a couple quickies:

• 2.5 more weeks of Prednisone and I'm done!  Yay, yay, yay!  I've (thankfully) stopped eating everything in sight.  There are only 2 remaining side effects: bloat and hair.  I'm retaining water like no one's business.  My fingers got so fat I stopped wearing my rings.  My face is still a little puffy.  And the 8lbs I worked so hard to lose are back.  Some of that is water, some is fat, from me stuffing my face.
• As of last week, my ALT was almost back to normal.  The range high is 36, and I was at 42.  I did another blood draw today, so hopefully it'll go down more.
• And, the best news of all, I got my Adderall back!  So now I'm not tired all the time.  Yay!