I want my life back!

I have been so miserable.  The pain is not going away.  It is both on my left side (not too often, but when it is there, it is sharp) and the usual spot on my right.  The pain has kept me awake and woke me up several times.  I have been so nauseated I feel like I'm having flashbacks to being pregnant, but without the joy of waiting for a baby.  And the D has been miserable.  I barely made it to the bathroom this morning.  I really thought I might have an accident.  Fortunately that didn't happen.

Due to my deteriorating health, and my spirits plummeting, I called the doctor today.  I really wanted something for the nausea.  I thought if I could just stop feeling that, then the other problems wouldn't be so overwhelming.  And this is why I love my doctor:

He called at 5:05, the time of day my house is in chaos.  My son and his friend were playing Mario Bros., my husband was outside taking down the sukkah and I was getting dinner ready and trying (not successfully) to clear off the dining room table so we could sit for dinner (it is always where everyone, myself included, put stuff when we don't want to put it away).  The phone rang, and I figured it was either my doctor's office or a telemarketer.  After a fight over getting someone to answer the phone, I barely got it before it went to voice mail.  It was my doctor.  Not his patient coordinator but the doctor.  He wasn't phased by the noise in the background (or me asking the boys to keep it down).  After apologizing for taking so long to get back to me (I called at 11:00AM), he wanted to know what was going on with me.  I described my symptoms and he suggested either predisone (YUCK!!!!) or budesonide (less yuck), so of course I chose the budesonide.  And then I asked if I could stop taking the methotrexate.  He agreed, but wants me to call him back on Friday to see if that takes care of the nausea.

It was so nice to be able to talk to the doctor and not a coordinator, like my previous GI's office.  Back then, it was impossible to speak to a doctor.  But not just this office, but this particular GI is great about getting back to me.  He called the house the day after my colonoscopy to make sure I was all right and to make sure I was coming in to the office soon to discuss the results.

I really hope this helps, as I have a busy week ahead.  Or at least busy for me now that I'm not working.  Thursday it is the Kindergarten/ buddy family potluck at my son's school.  My husband is the buddy family coordinator and we have to attend, and I really want to anyway.  Then Friday, we are going to Shabbat dinner at the home of one of my son's friends.  It is actually the friend's grandmother's home.  I am looking forward to that.  The grandfather had been my Civil Procedure professor in law school and he just passed away this past May.  Then Saturday is my sister's annual Halloween Party.  I refuse to miss that because I want to see my nieces and nephews in costume and spend some time with my sister.  My son would be crushed if I missed that.

Sunday I only have to manage to get my son to his swim lesson, but my husband will probably do that, because they want to go geocaching afterwards.  And of course Monday night is Halloween, and I want to take my son out trick or treating.

So please let this help!  I want my life back.  Desperately.