Find out more at www.calprotectin.co.uk/ibdoc 9 I’m also very mindful that my fantastic GI team don’t have the resources to be on hand 24/7. So that pain I had felt last night or that extra trip to the loo now doesn’t result in me calling my IBD nurse for reassurances she can’t give me. On reflection I haven’t called my IBD nurse once since I began the IBDoc trial. I believe what IBDoc has allowed me to do over the course of the last year is fundamentally educate myself in understanding my disease state. I now have just over a years worth of hard data to discuss with my GI. [Figure1] Looking at my data for the year, we can clearly see that I’ve managed, with medication and diet to remain roughly between “Normal” and “moderate”. The average result over the course of the year was, 138µg/g; I consider this to be satisfactory (apart from the huge spike which was due to an Easter meal), as my GI is comfortable with results below 200µg/g. Crohn’s disease is a physical condition, we know that of course, however one cannot underestimate the mental pressures this disease presents. So I may have an upset stomach or my bowel movements may have increased or I may feel nauseous, but I know after a year of using IBDoc I’m not going to end up in A&E with a stricture or spend weeks on a ward waiting for invasive procedures to tell me I have little or no inflammation. The symptoms are caused by things other than the Crohn’s, so there is no need to panic that things are moving out of control. Figure 1 Monitoring calprotectin levels over a year using home testing. Screen shot from the IBDoc App A Powerful Tool Having Crohn’s disease for twenty-seven years has taught me many things; fundamentally that patients need to self manage and IBDoc is one powerful tool in my self-managing tool kit. I wasn’t expecting IBDoc to provide me with the answers to everything; using IBDoc I haven’t suddenly found a miraculous cure, I’m still searching for the “perfect” diet and optimised plan. However, I believe IBDoc has contributed significantly to both the physical and mental aspects for the management of my disease. Follow my continuing journey, on my blog: https://ibdocandme1.blogspot.com/2017/11/ Chrohn’s-disease-me-and-ibdoc.html IBDoc® Patient Self Tests: ■Quantitative rapid test ■Excellent correlation with laboratory based tests ■All components contained within each kit ■CE marked See what IBDoc can do for your patients To find out more please visit www.calprotectin.co.uk/ibdoc If you are interested in evaluation of IBDoc in your clinic please email digestivedx@alphalabs.co.uk Stay Ahead of the Game with IBDoc® Remote Management for IBD Patients Improve Monitoring ■ Monitor mucosal health ■ Predict flares ■ Optimise treatment selection ■Prioritise clinic visits Reliable Results ■Quantitative rapid test ■Excellent correlation with laboratory based tests ■Simple sample preparation minimises pre-analytical errors ■All components contained within each kit ■CE marked See what IBDoc can do for your patients Please visit www.calprotectin.co.uk/ibdoc to find out more. If you are interested in evaluation of IBDoc in your clinic please email digestivedx@alphalabs.co.uk
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