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Update 22 Oct 2017

It was sore fatiguing rough crappy weekend.  Not much got done on my part.  I took it really easy and reminded myself to be gentle on myself because pushing it would not help.  I finally made the decision to go to the ER today.  The inflammation on my head and face continued to worsen this week and I've felt since I was diagnosed with liver inflammation that I've had a sinus infection.  However, because antibiotics are liver processed and my doctor didn't want to treat it. Well, my eye started turning red yesterday and my vision seemed blurry.  I also have had a sore throat for the past couple of days and difficulty swallowing.  None of it super serious but I don't even have a PCP picked out yet through OHP and who knows if they'll will feel confident with any of the stuff going on.  I ended up with a very relaxed easy going doctor who sat down and talked with me.  Sunday AM was a good choice of a time to go to Providence ER. Given my recent diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis, over all inflammation, facial and body rash, as well helping referral doctors make decisions, he recommended prednisone.  I know prednisone is going to be the likely course of treatment with nearly any autoimmune disorder. Also after doing some reading at home about treatment for autoimmune hepatitis this is also the treatment course, https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/autoimmune-hepatitis .   I hate the thought of steroids but I have to get this inflammation under control.  I got the 1st dose right there at the hospital.  I went home and took a nap.  My face was almost immediately starting to look and feel better.   I had plenty of energy to do a little shopping with the kids, come home, take Macey to a friend's house, load and start my new dishwasher up.  It is evening and my usual evening symptoms of stuffiness, sore throat, fatigue are here but the prednisone helped a lot and Naproxen will kick in soon but I still have to remember to take it easy because too much activity really makes me feel like crap.  Still enough energy to think about my goals for the week though.







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