CAC!

Since the awesome experience of my first colonoscopy, my symptoms have not gotten any better. I'm taking 12 pills a day and still having all the same stomach garbage as before. I called my GI today and she told me that the results of the biopsy showed Chronic Active Colitis, which I'm calling CAC. I could still have Crohns Disease, but they're not sure yet. I don't even know how you test for Crohns Diesase, but I don't want it. So, my GI put me on a steroid to get the inflammation under control ASAP. The side effects of steroid therapy all sound awful, including the dreaded weight gain. That scares me and is compounded by the fact that working out has been no fun with the bum hip. The good news is I'll be on a low dose, and decreasing that dose after 5 days. I used to get so embarrassed when my Mimi would ask me if I'd had a "BM" that day. Who knew that 15 years later I'd be keeping a journal about it.