Wednesday, July 2, 2008 ~ Surgery Date Set

Surgery will be the morning of Thursday, July 24, with a back-up of August 4. (Due to doc has jury duty and not sure he can get out of it. Ha!) I breathe with relief to finally have a plan. In just a little over four weeks I will have my colon removed.  Before that there is much to do. I will report to work and to meet an important deadline. Then, we are scheduled to have our house painted begining July 7, and we are possibly looking into some badly needed rewiring. And, TA! DA! I will get to dance in the the annual The Mediterranean Fantasy Festival .   (Check out the new page My Belly Dance World.) 

Now my focus is to keep very healthy and get down to 20 mgs of prednisone if possible.  This can be done.  Today I am 32.5 mgs and I feel great.  I cleaned house and did some laundry (after two hour nap) and then I attended my Pilates class (more on that later).  Now am off to practice with the girls for Med Fest. 

Gratitude Thank You, dear Renee’ for the lovely organic salad and homemade hummous you brought over today.  I had this along side a lovely sauteed filet of fresh Tilapia.  It was exquisite.  FYI: I always appreciate good food or good recipes that are low in fat, high in protein and fresh veggies!  Also, if you read this, I really do want to hear from you

Monday, June 30, 2008 ~ Prednisone 35 mg

I went down to 35 mg today and had my best day ever.  Minimal pain and no accidents.  I actually took a step class at the Y, and although I was exhausted afterwards, it felt fabulous to get my heart rate up and move my body.  I went across the street to the lovely Chaco Canyon and had a green food protein shake.  It was really satisfying.  I will report to work tomorrow and see how it goes.

Gratitude Thank You, Thank you dear Bill and Mary for sharing the great article in NY Times magazine this week, The Worm Turns with its interesting theories on parasites, worms and their effects on our immune systems. I heard increased incidence of IBD became dramatic as an industrialized nation consumed more processed foods. If anyone has any info on that it would be nice to read. I know I feel much better when I don’t eat junky foods such as chips, pastries and stuff that has alot of processing.