This week and other things

I am taking a break from some very intense Mario Brothers playing on Wii. I am absolutely addicted. I haven't really played Wii much since we got it but my brother, Liam, got me the new Mario and I feel like I am 12 again. I am getting frustrated and tempted to throw the controller through the screen. So yeah, I figured now would be a good time to set the game on pause.

In other random news, I've also become addicted to twitter. I've had a twitter account for quite some time now and never really understood the fascination until recently. I'm not one to update my facebook status much and I usually make fun of people who feel the need to divulge every single detail of their life via their status. But I feel like at least with twitter, people come there and expect random and trivial thoughts. When the Phillies Roy Halladay trade stuff was going down, I was on twitter constantly waiting to hear what people had to say and I think that's when I understood just how cool it is. It's a better forum for sharing both totally useless information and actual news stories as they break. My twitter is /sweener if you want to stalk me :) But please, follow me so I can follow you.

Also, my brother-in-law and sister, Nora, made a book for me on blurb.com with all of my blogs from the past year. It's really neat and resembles an actual book, complete with a picture of me on the back. They claim they didn't realize the color of the book they picked would be so brown-ish. But I think it adds character to a book with the title, "The Swollen Colon".

Anyway, in Crohn's-related business, I've been feeling okay. I was convinced for a couple days after my Tysabri infusion that it was working right away but it was more my head telling me I wanted to feel better. I think that's a good thing though because a few months ago I couldn't imagine myself being optimistic about anything treatment-wise. As much as I wanted to come on here and praise Tysabri as my next Remicade, I resisted. Really, I'm not sure what's going on. I just feel stuck in a rut. I'm not extremely ill and I am far from feeling like I could resume a normal life.

The good news is that I've felt comfortable enough this past week so drop my steroid dose down another 5 MG's and I will do the same again tomorrow. The week before I got my Tysabri I kept steady because I was feeling like absolute garbage. And as horrible as my energy is right now, I can deal with it. It's the intestinal symptoms that are the hard part. As long as they are manageable, I am comfortable decreasing the roids. So tomorrow I will be down to 20 MG, which is great because I expect some of the Prednisone side effects to diminish now.

Well, I think I took a long enough break to resume my Wii playing. My heart rate has gone down and I'm not all hyped up anymore. Who would have thought Mario could be so challenging?