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Reply to "Stopped Humira, it was a bad idea"

MK,

Did you take imuran and humira during the course of your UC treatment?

I'm just wondering about the "mechanics" of the medication, and why it works now but not then (if you did take it for UC before the pouch).

I'm also experiencing horrible hip pain, but I haven't planned on asking my GI doctor or colorectal surgeon about it. I just assume he would tell me to see my GP and get a referral to an orthopedist or something. In fact, I'm trying to find a new GP now. My old GP dropped all his patients that have moved to medicare (including me) and doesn't accept any of the new state exchange policies. After trying 3 medical groups, they all have this new policy Even the Portland Clinic, where my GI doctor is, won't take new patients with any form of medicare, even if they are currently seeing one of their specialists under medicare. One doctor I picked at random from the yellow pages takes new medicare patients and gave me an appointment in February of 2014. I took it, but I sure hope I find something sooner than that.

Very alarming.

Anyway... there have to be some doctors somewhere who will take it, so at that point, I will try to get a referral ASAP to a orthodedic specialist and hopefully get my hips scoped and find out exactly what is going on.

At first, I assumed it was a medication reaction, because I know I have had that happen before. Then I figured it was because I'm bed ridden most of the day and my hips get sore from laying in awkward positions, so I"m seeing a physical therapist once a week with no progress there. Now I feel that maybe an orthopedist with knowledge of rheumatoid conditions is my best bet.

Man, I miss the days of having real insurance.



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