Every Wednesday officially known as Hump Day.  I started thinking, this would make a good blog.  So my questionis…what and when was your hump?  Now I am not talking about the dirty type of hump.  I am talking about the bump in the road.  I am talking about that little obstacle that slowed you down but didn’t’ stop you.

My hump happened in Dec 2011 & Jan 2012.  In December for no reason at all I started going to the bathroom a lot.  I don’t mean 10 times a day.  I am talking 30.  I spent almost all my time in the bathroom.  And with these trips came the pain.  Severe pain where I would double over and get teary eyed.  I would take Imodium but that didn’t even touch me.  Now at the time I was taking Metformin (Glucophage) for high blood glucose levels.  I am now convinced this was the cause of my problems. I called my Endocrinologist and told him what was happening and he told me to stay on the pills.  Needless to say, that was the last time I ever spoke with him and I took myself off the pills.  I also tried to call my GI but he was on vacation.  Luckily there was another great GI around he was prescribed me Lamotil.  This was a lifesaver.  It helped slow things down and the pain started to go away.

Now, I was starting to get things in order, but the underlying problem was still there.  I was scheduled for a colonoscopy in February and I couldn’t wait for it.  But I was scared at the same time as I kept thinking that things were going to be so bad that I was going to be told my colon has to come out.  I stumbled into depression and felt so alone.  I had no one to talk to that would understand what I am going through.  The only person I knew of that could have helped me was my father in law because he had his intestines removed from Colitis…but he had passed away in May 2011.  I was at the lowest point in my life…and had hit “The Hump”.

I decided to finally confront this disease that I have had for 23 years.  I finally started to do some research online and found so many wonderful people.  I heard so many inspiring stories and learned that even if I did lose my colon, my life would still go on.  I started to have hope and determination to move on.  I started climbing the hump. 

At the end of January, I decided to take my life back into my own hands.  I needed to lose weight and get my health back in order.  I joined Weight Watchers and took a really big step by going Gluten Free. 

When I finally had my colonoscopy, it turned out that not only was it not that bad but my ilium had healed to the point where you wouldn’t know it was diseased. 

To date (May 2012) I have lost 16 lbs.  I go to the bathroom about 3-4 times a day.  I have little to no pain.  I do have some issues still like a low Vitamin D level, but overall I am improving.  My depression has subsided.  I haven’t used Lamotil or Imodium in months.  I have gotten over my hump.

I now know that no matter what life throws at me…I can take it.  I can get through what ever comes my way.