After taking a one-year break from Remicade, I restarted the biologic in 2017. Unfortunately, it didn’t work as well as it originally did, and my doctor thought that my high liver numbers might hold the keys to discovering the answer. In this blog post, I share why my elevated liver numbers threw a wrinkle in […]
MR Enterography for IBD: What to Expect and How to Mentally Prepare
Sometimes you just know something big is on its way. You take a look at the restful blue waters and know that a storm is brewing just over the horizon, just out of sight. And you know it’ll soon be on its way toward the shore on which you stand. This is how I felt before going to my MRE…
3 Things You Need to Know Before Your First Colonoscopy
I felt as if I were walking along the water’s edge. The disheveled ocean to my left was nipping at my ankles trying to pull me further into fear of the unknown reason for my searing stomach pain; the land to my right—though also unfamiliar—represented hope as I waited for a diagnosis…