Health Updates

2026

March 2026: Springtime Is Coming! 

February 2026: When Looking Young Gives One Pause 

January 2026: Why Is There So Often a "However"? 

2025

December 2025: A Strange Hiccup, But No Worries 

November 2025: A Short Update, But That's Good! 

October 2025: A Rude Awakening This Morning

September 2025: A New Symptom of . . . Something 

August 2025: And . . .  The Roller Coaster Goes Up! 

July 2025: And the Roller Coaster Continues 

June 2025: Doing Well and Abbvie Agrees 

May 2025: Sinus Infection Possibly Caused a Mild Flare?

April 2025: Colonoscopy Pending

March 2025: Doing Great!

February 2025: A Ginormous Turn of Events

January 2025: Another Quick Update and Thumb's Up!

2024

December 2024: Quick Update

November 2024: Prednisone to The Rescue, Again

October 2024: Tiredness and Sadness

September 2024: Up, Up, A Little

August 2024: Down, Down, Down

July 2024: Good News And I'm-Not-Sure-What-To-Think News

June 2024: Doing Okay, However . . .

May 2024: Still Doing Okay on Mesalamine Taper

April 2024: Down to Two Pills! (And the Rinvoq)

March 2024: "Stay tuned and join us for the exciting conclusion!"

February 2024: A Cold Coming On

January 2024: Reaching For 3.0!

2023 

December 2023: Back Up Again, Inch By Inch

November 2023: On The Downhill Side (Not a Good Thing)

October 2023: My Brain Melts, But My Body Stands

September 2023: Can You Say Budesonide? (Not Really.)

August 2023: Only a Week Left

July No Update

June 2023: Maybe . . . Possibly . . . Hoping?

May 2023: Health, Insurance, and Weather

April 2023: Fault on Both Sides - And No Bananas!

March 2023: Progress! Sweet and Bitter

February 2023: A Surprise

January 2023: The "Step" Dragon Rears Its Ugly Head

2022

December 2022: And The Next Medicine Coming Up To Bat Is . . . 

November 2022: Colonoscopy is Finished, Ended, Complete, DONE!

October 2022: The Search For Intelligent Medicine in the Universe Continues!

September 2022: Prednisone Prevails! (and some insomnia)

August 2022: Uh, oh . . . This Isn't Good

July 2022: Not a Duck?

June 2022: Some Progress

My initial experience 

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