pills

this is how many pills i take every morning now: 

from the top: 

1. Prednisone (4x 10mg tabs)
2. 6-mercapto-purine (1.5 50mg tabs)
3. Lialda (5x 1.2gm tabs, 1 pill over the suggested maximum dose)
4. Probiotic (2x Jarro capsules)
5. Multivitamin (generic prenatal brand)
6. Calcium (chewy!)

that = 14.5 pills. sheeee-it. 

a year ago, all i took was the prenatal vitamin and 4 Lialda tabs. now, i won't be on the prednisone for forever, but it will take me a long time to taper off. and eventually i should be able to decrease the Lialda back down to 4 or less, assuming the 6MP does its job. sometimes i day dream about just not taking the pills, and how maybe magically i will get better without them. but then i wake up, and do my part to be compliant. 

monday i go in for my first round of 6MP monitoring blood work. wish my white count and liver enzymes good luck!