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Jul. 31st, 2008 04:29 pm"Hi, Ben.
Dr. XXXXXXXX called me back over my lunch hour today. She has called the prescriptions in so they should be ready for us to pick up after work. I asked her if the drugs might help with my swallowing issues and she said that it is a possibility. She also said that if I am unable to swallow the pills then I will need to talk to the pharmacist about other forms of the drug or the possibility of grinding them up, etc. She is hoping that I will feel improvement after about a week on the drugs so keep your fingers crossed for me. I asked if all of the blood work had come back yet and she said that it had and it was all negative. She said that sometimes these undifferentiated connective tissue disorders evolve into a known disease, sometimes they remain the same for life, and sometimes they just disappear on their own. I am hoping for a disappearing magic trick. :)
Love,
Sara"
BOILED DOWN: Nothing from her latest bloodwork and the spinal tap, so they're giving Sara some Prednisone as a steroid to help with her muscle weakness and pain, and they're going to be giving her a low-dose autoimmune disorder medication, since that's a possibility of what this might be.
REALLY BOILED DOWN: Steroids and immune-boosters and they don't know what's wrong with her.
Drugs = Yay
No Idea What's Causing This = FUCK.
b
Dr. XXXXXXXX called me back over my lunch hour today. She has called the prescriptions in so they should be ready for us to pick up after work. I asked her if the drugs might help with my swallowing issues and she said that it is a possibility. She also said that if I am unable to swallow the pills then I will need to talk to the pharmacist about other forms of the drug or the possibility of grinding them up, etc. She is hoping that I will feel improvement after about a week on the drugs so keep your fingers crossed for me. I asked if all of the blood work had come back yet and she said that it had and it was all negative. She said that sometimes these undifferentiated connective tissue disorders evolve into a known disease, sometimes they remain the same for life, and sometimes they just disappear on their own. I am hoping for a disappearing magic trick. :)
Love,
Sara"
BOILED DOWN: Nothing from her latest bloodwork and the spinal tap, so they're giving Sara some Prednisone as a steroid to help with her muscle weakness and pain, and they're going to be giving her a low-dose autoimmune disorder medication, since that's a possibility of what this might be.
REALLY BOILED DOWN: Steroids and immune-boosters and they don't know what's wrong with her.
Drugs = Yay
No Idea What's Causing This = FUCK.
b
