Prednisone

[snapdragen]

Hmph. I feel foggy today - and my legs ache. I don't like this stuff already.

[crazybikinchic]

My husband had a transplant, one of his meds is prednisone. If for some reason he takes it late, emotional rollarcoaster. He will cry at things that he would have never cried at before. Prepare.

[Duck on Wheels]

Moodiness? Greaaaaaaaaaaaat. Like I'm not b!tchy enough already. I'm on 20mg/4 times a day for three days, then 3 times a day for 3 days, then 2 times etc. until I get down to 1 a day for 3 days.

snap 'moody, puffy, hungry' dragen

That's a moderate dosage and a short period of time. No need to panic. Like UKE, I've been on that dosage for months on end, then more months stepping down the dosage bit by bit. After some weeks, you can get the "moon face" symptom, where your face goes all puffy. But at 20mg per day, mostly what you may feel is energized. Last time I got put on prednisone (briefly, to knock a Crohns flareup into remission until a new drug I'd been put on reached therapeutic levels) my doc told me I should make the most of the energy and get some extra exercize in ... work out, ride further and faster. I wasn't having muscular/skeletal problems though. Your doc may not want you doing that. And of course, the down side was that, coming off the prednisone, I felt super tired for a couple weeks. Then that too passed and things normalized.

[snapdragen]

I'm taking 80 mg per day, mostly I'm exhausted and would like to sleep. I spent the first 20 minutes of work today looking fo my notes (and my favorite pen) from a meeting I had yesterday. I checked the 2nd floor, where the meeting was, I checked my desk at least three times, I checked the computer room. They finally showed up....in the bathroom.

I'm glad I'm only on this stuff for a short while, I couldn't stand the fuzzy brain too long.

[SadieKate]

Hang in there. This too shall pass. Just stay focused on healing . . . and use this as your excuse for being snarkier than usual. Excuse me, that was Snappier than usual.

[jobob]

Ah snap darlin', we must find ourselves a ice cream parlour or a wine bar. For medicinal purposes of course.

- jo (ever so jazzed that she is now featured in SK's sig line) bob

[crazycanuck]

urm snap dear..

does this mean we can post what we want

Seriously though kiddo, take care of yourself & our old snap will be back to new soon. A wine bar might be very helpful!

From the other injured brigade member..

c

[SadieKate]

Snap darling, do come visit me. I just finished unpacking all our 18 boxes of alcohol.

Glasses are yet to come but I know where the boxes are.

SK

Glasses? Who needs a stinkin' glass after you've carried 2 cases up the stairs.

[snapdragen]

Who needs glasses, we'll stop at the grocery store, buy a couple jars of jelly, dump the jelly, instant glass!

[Zen]

Straws.

[snapdragen]

Straws.

Ah, even better. Straws are probably cheaper than jars of jelly.

[maillotpois]

Yowza, Snap. Take care of your little bobble headed self. Sounds like a nasty drug, but at least it is short term.

I did have an epidural once. (May be a slightly different procedure/needle/etc.) If you did need to do it, be sure the person administering gets the needle in on the first shot (and not the sixth... ).

Go get some polenta. It's a cold misty day (up here at least). Perfect polenta and hang around in the house weather.

[Hub]

stenosis? the narrowing of the space for the spinal column?

Prednisone can work wonders for many problems . . . like inflamation and asthma and allergies . . . just follow the instructions . . .

[snapdragen]

Took my last pill today - I will avoid this cr*p in the future. All it seemed to do was make me extremely foggy - oh, and give me hot flashes that were worse than anything menopause caused!

[bmccasland]

Took my last pill today - I will avoid this cr*p in the future. All it seemed to do was make me extremely foggy - oh, and give me hot flashes that were worse than anything menopause caused!

Snap - glad to hear you'll be back to your usual charming self in a day or so.