I went to CC on 3/30 and seen 3 specialists, had an endoscopy and a whole bunch of lab work. The first up was the Gastroenterologist, she had a very good approach to my stomach issues. She thinks that the pain I have in the upper left abdomen is nerve damage from the lung resection I had before dx's and from the shingles that I have had. She referred me to an anesthesiologist for a nerve block. She also did the scope and found that I have 20-50 polyps in my stomach ranging from 2-15mm. She did biopsies and got back with me, that they were benign and they were caused from taking stomach medicines for GERD. They are called Fundic gland polyps.
The second one up was a Neurologist. She happen to be head of that dept. and was a good friend of my Rheumy. She ordered numerous blood tests and wants to do an MRI of my brain to check for another auto-immune disorder. She thinks the neuropathy is from Wegs, but is concerned that something else is making me clumsy on my left side and is causing my eye to drupe and numbness in my face. The labs she ordered all came back good except for sed rate being slightly high. She also put me on new meds, I am to try Cybalta and, Gabapentin for pain. So we will schedule the MRI and follow up with that.
The last one up was my Rheumy, we decided to take me off Cellcept and to try to use Rtx only, with the preds for now. I am waiting for the scheduling of the Rtx for this month.
It seemed that I had a lot taken care of in 2days in Cleveland and am ok with these plans. I think I will feel a lot better off of Cellcept, I do think that it builds up in your system. I hope to be on my way to true remission.
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