I have the honor to be included in a tour of Janssen Biotech’s manufacturing facilities. I will be able to see with my own eyes how Remicade (and other drugs) are made! Pretty cool. I am looking forward to not only learning more about Remicade, biosimilars, and a host of other things but it also […]
Archive | Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Moving: What Does an IBD patient do with their clothes?
I am moving this coming Tuesday and have obviously had to clean out a lot and pack up most of my things. We were putting things into separate bags; one for garbage, one was things to be donated, and the other was clothing items we probably won’t be needing over the next couple of months […]
More IBD Tests: CT Enterography
On Super Bowl Sunday, just two days after my ileoscopy I got incredibly sick. I was on my way to see my parents when the awful abdominal pain and nausea started to kick in. Over the next few hours, things got worse and I had no choice but to go to the emergency room at […]
My First Ileoscopy
I mentioned in my most recent post that I had been going through a battery of tests. I wanted to share what happened during my ileoscopy. First, an ileoscopy is a scope through your stoma. Since I can no longer have colonoscopies (darn!) the only way my doctor can see what is going on with […]
Chronic Illness Life: Four Months Later
Between life and my health, I haven’t blogged on here in about four months. That is insane to me when I think about how much I used to write when I first started sharing my story and experiences about life with a chronic, invisible illness. ANYWAY… Between October and early February, I have been trying […]