Ode to Prednisone!

My dear prednisone, you have such a horrible reputation and you can be so bad for me but how I love you so! I am totally off of you as of today, but I have positive memories of our time together! I was so reluctant to take you back when my doctor recently prescribed you for I felt like this was a real step backward. You are the drug that they have always been prescribing for Crohn’s disease but their preference is for other fancier more high-tech drugs since you're known to be so bothersome and debilitating when you people spend too much time with you. When I left you for Humira, I felt that my days with you were behind me. I wasn’t so thrilled about this new drug but I didn’t have much of a choice and felt that I would go on it for a while to let the tissue heal and then go off medication altogether. It has now been three years that I’ve been with Humira and my plan didn’t quite pan out. While the Humira has really improved my quality of life and probably helped me avoid surgery, it just hasn’t done enough and I have an area of my bowel that is just unresponsive to it. But you! You know how to reach deep into my bowels and soothe me in ways no other drug can!

After my recent appointment at the hospital, the words uttered by my G.I. doctor “persistent inflammation” kept playing in my head like a broken record all night long. I woke up the next morning and decided that I would take the plunge and take you back. As my doctor said, taking you and Humira at the same is something I haven’t tried before. Within days I noticed a difference. The second and third week was the best, you settled things down and I got that high that I always get when I’m with you, I would lie in bed at night and feel like I could jump up and go for a run outside. With only a couple of hours sleep I woke up feeling fresh and energized. Those were good times, prednisone!

As I started distancing myself from you more and more, I felt healthy and prepared for life without you. I miss the energy boost that you gave me, but I always knew that it was a fleeting. What seemed like a step backwards, turned out to be a leap forward. I feel that I am in remission thanks to you and I am prepared to take you back again if I have to but hopefully we won’t be seeing each other for a while, it’s better that way.