That's cool, Laura.

Thanks, guys!

I'm the opposite - love a massage, but not so much on the scrubs and facials and such. Though I've always thought a mud bath sounded kind of cool.

Lol. I did a mud bath way back in the day during an early TT f2f, and was like “I’m sitting in hot wet dirt. Why am I paying to sit in hot wet dirt??”

But I love feeling smooth like a baby after a scrub! And a massage should be delightful.

Occasional Yard Guy is back today, just going to TOWN on the backyard. The neighbor who lives behind us happened to be out doing work on his side of the back fence, so Tim went to talk to him, and that fence is tall enough that it was pretty much Tim the Tool Man Taylor talking to Wilson.

Lol. I did a mud bath way back in the day during an early TT f2f, and was like “I’m sitting in hot wet dirt. Why am I paying to sit in hot wet dirt??”

Ha, ha, ha! Data point noted, thank you!

it was pretty much Tim the Tool Man Taylor talking to Wilson

Love that image.

it was pretty much Tim the Tool Man Taylor talking to Wilson

Cute! I always wonder if the neighbors think DH is spying on them since his head and shoulders are higher than our 6' fence.

Our insurance company just approved a year's worth of the original medication, which my son can no longer take, because the vasculitis — which resulted from the second medication — returned after his treatment with the first medication on Monday.

This is my sitcom. I don't like it.

Good googly moogly, Cindy. I am so sorry about this insanity.

I'm not asking this in a masked way of giving advice kind of way, but because I was just doing some searching on my own behalf and was thinking about your son. Have your doctors talked about any possible clinical trials for him? Or, is that even something he'd be interested in? I mean, if there are any that would be of interest.

Timelies all!

The last couple of times I got a pedicure, I added a sugar scrub for my calves. Felt nice and smelled good.(Citrus in the scrub)

No, Jen (and I didn't take your question in a bad way). The problem right now isn't the Crohn's itself, so I hope we're not at the point, yet.

C's Crohn's has been in what they would consider* remission since his surgery (where they removed his ascending colon and part of his small intestine), but with Crohn's patients, they've found they have to keep medicating, even during surgically induced remission. (They used to just do surgery and that was it, until it came back, but they used to just treat with steroids, too.)

As Teppy mentioned, there are modern Crohn's meds that are not anti-TNF agents. Because we now have eight (7.5) weeks, his gastro is going to consult with other gastros who have had patients who have experienced vasculitis as side effect of treatment (it is rare) and see what treatments they've found success with. (Ironically, and Teppy can tell me if I'm wrong, but I think sometimes, they use the meds that caused this vasculitis TO TREAT vasculitis.)

Since this had to happen, it didn't happen at the worst time for C, Crohn's-wise. His colonoscopy last summer was beautiful (I know that's an odd word choice, but I've seen slides from his gut pre-treatment-pre-surgery, and last summer, and you wouldn't think they were from the same person).

* I say "they consider it in remission" because there's some dispute between IBD patients and gastroenterologists on what amounts to remission. C still has to avoid some foods, etc., and uses the bathroom more than someone without Crohn's, has more gastro upsets than someone without Crohn's, but he feels good, is at a healthy weight, and enjoys good quality of life.