6MP Problems

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Hey everyone!

Well the test results from Monday came back and my bilirubin is back up

to 8.7. There appears to be no doubt that the 6MP Purinethol is to blame.

The GI wants to refer me to an hepatologist at UT Memphis. My gi is very

frustrated in that he can't get me off the prednisone. He said I'm the

only one of his patients who has had problems like this. I couldn't take

the Imuran either. (wound up in the hospital last June with an infection

for a week) I'm still at 30 mg Prednisone per day.

He's also going to test me for pancreas problems possibly associated with

the 6MP. He thinks I have Crohn's; but the symptoms I have (diarrhea and

malabsorbtion) did not start until I started taking the 6MP. This leads

me to believe that it's the medication.

Is anyone having severe back trouble? I'm taking calcium and vitamin d

suppliments for arthritis and bone loss; but the last month or two I've

been having fits with my back going out and muscles being strained. I

haven't been able to get up from bending or stooping a few times and

sometimes my purse is even too heavy a strain. This morning I fell out

in the garage and like to never made it up. (had to hand-climb up the

hood of the car.) No one heard me calling for help, because I was the

only one awake. Boy do I feel like a weenie!