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Crohns In Check http://www.crohnsproof.com/?p=526 http://www.crohnsproof.com/?p=526#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:53:03 +0000 admin http://www.crohnsproof.com/?p=526 So far, so good.  My Crohn’s has been inactive for 3 years now.  The chemo treatments do have an affect on my gut lining for a few days after, leaving me in a diarrhea state.  But after a few days, I’m right back to normal.

My doctors have assured me that most Crohn’s patients do very well with Chemo drugs.  The drugs used for chemo are immunosuppressants and keeps your body from attacking itself.  That’s a good thing for Crohn’s. 

So, if you are faced with the decision of chemo treatments and you’re worried about the Crohn’s reaction, please remember that I’m doing well.

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This was the first time I got to use my ‘port’ for the chemo.  Easy access, no pain, arms and hands free from the vein searches with the sharp needles.  Such relief.  Which means, I must admit, “The pain from the Port insertion was worth it!”  Praise the LORD! 

The doctors have me down for 6 cycles.  Each cycle entails 3 treatments. That’s a grand total of 18 chemo sessions.  Now folks, I don’t intend to remotely come close to finishing these cycles.  I will be in remission long before then.  In a couple of days I will have the results from my latest MRI and will keep you updated. 

I’m on a weekly schedule.  Tuesdays are my blood draws, Wednesdays the nurses call me to inform me of any needed booster injections for my blood counts.  So far, so good.  As long as the little booster shots are working, I’m in good shape.  Again, thanks to the ‘Port’, my blood draws are NOTHING to be felt.  Again I say, “Praise the LORD!”

Chemo #3 only had me tired and lazy for approximately 5 days.  The remaining 16 days between treatments are very well received.  I’m up and about, attending church, cleaning house and doing everything normal that a little retired housewife could do.   I can’t explain how God has grabbed hold of me and kept me under His care. 

I have new scriptures that I have been reading about ‘healing’. I have given God’s Word first place in my heart because it is life and health to my body.  

Tomorrow is my blood draw, Wednesday I meet with the doctor and hopefully begin my 2nd cycle.  Chemo #4.

Philippians 2:13  God’s will, healing, is working in you.    It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

In His Continuous Care,

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