Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: I've decided to stop it.

I'm so sorry you're feeling so miserable, Michele. But ... one thing about the Imuran ... it sounds like your doctors are telling you not to stop it because they are worried about permanent damage from the RA. I know you feel completely hideous now -- but would the relief of side effects be worth the risk of ending up with irreversible damage to your joints or eyes?

On the other hand, you're still on daily steroids, so it's possible that the steroids are what's helping keep the RA in check and not the Imuran, right? I really hope that's the case and that stopping the Imuran does nothing but good.

You sound so sick I can't believe you're going to work every day. Isn't there any way you could get a couple weeks off? Can't your boss hire a temp or borrow a girl from another office? I mean, if you end up in the hospital because you're so sick and dehydrated he'd have to find someone to cover then!

I hope you start feeling better. It's so unfair that you have to go through this.

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jen

"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC

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