I was feeling hopeful – and may be a bit smug – when my
latest Prednisone taper was down to 5 mg daily, and I was still feeling
relatively well when I had a couple of days with no Prednisone.
Then it happened.
This morning I woke up with that familiar, intermittent,
right-upper-quadrant pain. I had to bail on today’s plans (sorry Samantha!) and
spend the morning in bed. I called the pharmacy and got more Prednisone –
started a 40 mg dose this morning that will taper down yet again. And I took some bisacodyl laxatives (15 mg
spread throughout the day) and some good, old-fashioned chocolate and lots and
lots of liquids – clear and full. Hopefully, that combo staves off an
obstruction. Tonight, it seems to be working.
Pain is as absent as solid food. And things seem to be moving through
OK.
After my nap and a trip to the pharmacy I got on the phone.
It turns out that I hadn’t heard back from the surgeon’s
office to get an appointment because they hadn’t yet received my medical
records requested from my other to doctors. (I know. It seemed a little extreme
to me too, that they won’t even schedule me an appointment until the
information gets there.)
So I called my GI doc and my family practice doc offices and
asked them anew to send the information to the surgeon. I even gave them a name
to put the fax to the attention of (Awkward grammar, huh?) and recited the fax
number, making sure they got it. Tomorrow, I’ll call the surgeon’s office again
to find out if the info came and try again to set up the appointment.
I wonder how far ahead they’re scheduling at this point. I’ll
keep you posted!
Take care of yourself,
Beth
