6 Years later and doing great on Remicade
I have not posted in this blog for almost 6 years! Time for an update. For the last two years I have been 100% in remission. Something I thought would never exist for me. I take Remicade every 8 weeks by infusion and my oral anti-inflamitory drug is Lialda. I also take Omeprazole (Prilosec, Zegerid) for my stomach acid and 5mg of Paxil for Anxienty about having UC. (like with long road trips) but I'm doing so well I'm not sure I need it, but what they hell.. the dose is low and the drug works and is cheap. In 2014 I got Skin Cancer on my bald head. They had to cut it out. No Chemo and no side effects luckly. Ever since I have been getting non-cancer lesions on my hands and arms that I have frozen off every 6 months. Usually about 5-10 per visit. The doctors think that Azathioprin (aka Imuran) caused it, so they took me off that and there has been no problem with me being off it. Remicade has been working great for me for some...