Friday the 13th

So - good news!

The appointments for the cortisone injection into both of my sacroiliac joints have been scheduled, and they are coming up soon, one week apart. I have spoken with a few Ankylosing Spondylitis veterans who have informed me that the reward is well worth the pain of the injection, so I feel much better and definitely more optimistic. Cautiously optimistic.

For these injections I do have to be off of antibiotics for two weeks prior. That means three weeks without antibiotics. It doesn't sound like much but it will likely result in some pretty severe skin staph infections as well as a potentially moderate to severe pouchitis flare. Nothing I can't handle, just a little bit of a nuisance.

And, of course, the second appointment is scheduled for Friday the 13th.

Good thing I am not superstitious...
Right?