Game Face

This evening is the Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis 2-miler. Thanks to my awesome family and friends I made my fundraising goal and blew right past that sucker, too! I will post what our little, unofficial team raises after the event. We girls are going to have a mess of fun. Laurie, Monica and Mom are too cool for taking steps for my guts and butt. Our official athletic supporter, Paul will be on the sidelines cheering for us.

Gross Out Alert: Crohn’s Disease is an insidious, painful and down right gross at times funfest. For those weak of stomach and those who do not take a shine to the icky talk: skip the next entry. To those who know what I am talking about or are curious as to what its like to be this part of me read on:

Here’s the gross: Speaking of my insides, we are on the outs. The chronic constipation, due to a stricture in my small intestine, has caused me years of misery and trouble. A stricture is a narrowing of the intestinal lining making it very difficult to process food through the tract. I don’t receive the proper nutrients from my foods or vitamins. I am constantly dehydrated, to the point of kidney stones and ER visits for a couple of ringers. Knock on wood; I have not been hospitalized for fluids in over a year. Knock-knock. For weeks now, I have had most of my pain in the left side, the sigmoid colon. Plus: spasms that would make Chuck Norris cry and these spasms aren’t as bad as they can get. At the GI doc this week I was ordered to intake 4, yes~ 4 times the normal, human dosage of Miralax every night and 2 Citrucel after meals. As an extra added bonus: a colonoscopy next Tuesday. I get one of those buggers every 3 years. It is my time. The doctor is going to have a look around to make sure everything is where he left it.

It’s safe now; the gross is over. For those who skipped: I have a colonoscopy on Tuesday.

I will share my results of the scope next week.

Game on! Let’s walk the walk and walk this way!