Musings of a Banana

Tired of being sick and tired

I am sick and tired. I mean really sick and tired.  I don’t want to do anything.  I don’t have H1N1.  I don’t know how I avoided getting it after being around a bunch of kids who had it.  We came home unscathed from Utah.  No my problems are all about Crohn’s.  I had a colonscopy in September. It was really rough.  I was sore for a week or so.  I started feeling better, but now I am down and out.  It really stinks.  I have abdominal pain and it’s no fun.  My favorite thing is my heating pad.  I am restricted to a soft diet.  How unfair! I am in the land of green chilies and good Mexican food and I can’t eat it.  I get to eat jello, pasta, pudding, etc…  I guess it’s okay, but it sure doesn’t fill me up.  I have lost weight and I just don’t look good.  I fit right in for Halloween. No makeup required.   I just started on a new medication and I hope it kicks in soon. It’s called Cimzia and it’s two shots that Igive to myself.  It’s been a week so I bet it will be another week before I feel any results or at least that’s what I hope.  I know that Crohn’s is something I have to live with and for the most part I do.  There are a lot of times that I push through the pain and just get out and do the things that I need to do.  This time I am having a hard time.  I am going to get IV Iron next week so I hope that after that procedure I will be back to my old self and that this pain goes away.  Then I will be back to writing about the things that drive me crazy like the health care reform bill that is currently being shoved down the throats of Americans and I can write about the people who drive me crazy like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.  Until then….