New old guy on the block

[Dirty Don]

(I'm not sure a woman can be a geezer, so maybe I'll be an "old bat" instead.)

Old geezers & bats...OMG! Anne, don't make me laugh...I start coughing!! LOL!

And welcome Pete...I am in pretty much the same boat as you, even the supportive spouse! I just was declared in remission this last week...yea! But I know the journey has just begun, and like you, I hanker to get back into good shape (am a golfer in the desert), so now moving to next step to decrease pred to non-existence! It will always be something, but, as we all are, am determined to keep the boat afloat! Best of luck!

[Al]

Geezers and bats? ("Geezettes"?) You see, Pete, we Weggies have a sense of humor that is startling, convoluted, and even out of control. We will giggle, titter, chortle, and wheeze at the darndest things. They sy that laughter is the best medicine, but I think it is more complicated that that. I think the therapeutic part comes in the execution: Sort of like, if we can elicit a "spit take", as they call it in Hollywood, we win. Congratulations, Anne! I would love to have seen Don lose his soup!

Al

[annekat]

Al, I like "geezettes"! It sounds graceful and glamorous, sort of like "gazelles". Yes, we weggies do grasp at straws for entertainment and humor!

[Lightwarrior]

Al, I like "geezettes"! It sounds graceful and glamorous, sort of like "gazelles". Yes, we weggies do grasp at straws for entertainment and humor!

I'm only 56, do I have to wait four years to be a geezette? Can't you make an exception? Maybe I can be a geezette in training? (LOL)

[annekat]

I'm only 56, do I have to wait four years to be a geezette? Can't you make an exception? Maybe I can be a geezette in training? (LOL)

We can make an exception for you, Lightwarrior! You are an honorary geezette.

[Dryhill]

Pete, welcome to one of the worlds most exclusive of clubs, you are now officially a weggie! I will apologise for the level of humour on this site, it is either a result of our wonderfully exciting disease or it is a side effect of the many facinating drugs we take.

Jim

[Isabella1759]

Hi ..Went to my rhemy on Tues, did a bunch of test, and was told to come back in a mth, she also started me on 50 000 units of vitamin D, Went to work yesterday, and had a small lunch and started to feel pain in my stomach, which as time went by , really hurt..So i check it out at the hospital and was dx with after blood test and urine and CT, Diverticulosis and urine infection, probaly cause by the Diverticulosis, also they gave me a note to give my GP that my Aorta demonstrates dense atheromatous calcification... they have me on antibiotics, and i feel like ****( no pun intended).. and this my be just the start... Has anyone had any of these problems before or after being dx with WG? Thanks for listening... Have a good day, and blessing to you all!

[Al]

Hi ..Went to my rhemy on Tues, did a bunch of test, and was told to come back in a mth, she also started me on 50 000 units of vitamin D, Went to work yesterday, and had a small lunch and started to feel pain in my stomach, which as time went by , really hurt..So i check it out at the hospital and was dx with after blood test and urine and CT, Diverticulosis and urine infection, probaly cause by the Diverticulosis, also they gave me a note to give my GP that my Aorta demonstrates dense atheromatous calcification... they have me on antibiotics, and i feel like ****( no pun intended).. and this my be just the start... Has anyone had any of these problems before or after being dx with WG? Thanks for listening... Have a good day, and blessing to you all!

A couple of questions, Isabella. How did they determine diverticulitis? Did they already know--say from a previous colonoscopy? or are they just guessing? Also, how did they know about the plaques? Ultrasound, maybe, or a CT scan? atheromas are sort of like granulomas, in that they can include immune complexes (with moribund macrophages and such), but are not generally associated with WG. Urine infections should not normally cause urinary tract infection, though if a diverticulum ruptures, that is indeed serious and likely associated with abdominal infection, but almost surely a separate issue for vasculitis. (There are, however, some kinds of gut vasculitis, which are as serious as WG.)

Please let us know how these matters get resolved.

Al

[Isabella1759]

Thanks Al
No never had a colonoscopy yet, did one of those scratch test things that the Canadian Colon Association sends you when you turn 50, ( 2 years ago)and it came back neg. They did did a CT , urine and blood work last night, and send me home w prescription in hand, after dx Diverticulitis, and the other things I mentioned ... Al, Not sure what you mean by guessing.. The CT showed the rupture, among other things... I did read up about Diveticulitis, and they way the Dr. made it sound, it's pretty common.... Not sure what he meant by that, What I read that it happens to ppl with poor diets and older Adults... I haven't ate meat in over 1 year, except the odd fish/chicken, eat loads of veggies, and fruit, quit smoking, 6 mths ago... and exercise. And you know what, I've never felt this terrible in my life, .. Maybe my earlier life style is catching up.... hmmmm? thanks Al...

[Al]

Oh that is funny. Sorry yob stands for "year old boy" and yog stands for "year old girl" So I have a 15 year old girl, 13 year old boy, 12 year old gir, 8 year old boy and 5 week old girl.

What did I say about Weggie humor? And all this from Pete's thread. title. Blame Pete--yeah, that's the ticket.

Al, I like "geezettes"! It sounds graceful and glamorous, sort of like "gazelles". Yes, we weggies do grasp at straws for entertainment and humor!

Gazelles and Geezettes? Sounds like a Pillows song--Geezette/Gazelle City:

Come on, sunshine
Let’s be off
Come on, sunshine
I’ll walk your home
Come on sunshine
Let’s be off
(But Maybe I’m sleeping yet)

Actually, maybe this makes sense on other levels as well...

Al