I'm Back Here

So yesterday was the first day of my second semester of grad school.  It's been tough, I can't say I've ever worked harder in my life, but the rewards are tremendous.  I've learned and grown so much. 

The workload, however, became more than I could handle during normal waking hours.  I spent the last month of the fall semester staying up all night and sleeping for a few hours in the morning before starting all over again.  It caught up to me.  After Thanksgiving, my long, luxurious remission officially ended.  I'm sick again.  For real this time.

I met with my doctor the week school ended.  I'm going to try Pentasa for a couple of weeks to see if it helps.  With all of my holiday travels (and holiday tests of my stomach's maximum capacity), I'm not sure I've given it a fair shot yet.  I think I will wait to the end of this week to determine whether or not it's working.  I'm hoping I caught it early enough this time and I won't need anything more than a few pills.

Yesterday I held off on eating until 6:00pm, at which point I had a few rice cakes.  My stomach is far more sensitive in the mornings so I decided a light snack at dinner time followed by stuffing my face when I get home at 11pm will probably work best.  The problem is, the splitting headache I got in the middle of my late class.  The school has a single restroom for the ladies and it is directly outside of our classroom.  So you see my dilemma.  Better to starve than to have to use that bathroom for an emergency.  I'm hoping the Pentasa works.  I'm not interested in the Humira vs The Insurance Company battle right now.