OT: Advance apology

Sunny, snip away. at least you've a really good excuse. blame it on the doctors for sure. i dont do any meds other than the occasional paracetamol for pain. i have no excuse at all for being snippity here. sometimes i type something and by the time i reach the end of it i hit delete cuz i'm sure someone is gonna have issues with what i've said and for me it aint worth the aggrivation but thats me (with no good excuse). so you go right ahead and say whatcha want when ya want and let the world be damned. i will take all your post into account and ignore whatever it sounds like. hugz, j.

"Sunny" wrote ... Today I finally gave up and went to my doctor and he said a lot of things that I already knew and then he put me on a bigger dose of prednisone than I've ever been on before. It's a month long burst and then a taper down to 10 mg a day, where he may want to keep me again. I was on prednisone for 4+ years. I got very fat. Big bursts make me emotional and brittle and ..... hungry. Although I dread this more than anything, I agree that it's necessary. I can't go on physically the way I've been the past two months or more. So I'll give this a chance. And then he's changing one of my drugs because he now believes that rather than random nerve pain I have Trigeminal Neuralgia on top of the peripheral neuropathy in my face and mouth.

So if I sound unbalanced it's because my meds are being played with and I'm hungry and angry. I apologize in advance in case I make some snippy comment and click the "post" button without thinking.

I think there needs to be a patron saint of people who are dependent on medications that are constantly being juggled by various medical folks. It would have to be a long-suffering saint, with patience and slow to react. Obviously, the saint would quilt.

Sunny

Prayers for you being safe and not too ravenous on this regime! And it's just a month until they start to taper them off.

I guess the most important thing, Sunny, is that you can start feeling better. If the mega dose will help, then that's what matters most. No need to apologize for a post that might be 'off' or anything else. Wishing you much better health in 2010. Donna

Oh Sunny, I'm so sorry. That just sucks. Hopefully, the big dose of prednisone will do the trick and you'll start to feel better though.

I think we need this new saint. She only needs a name.

Hugs, Michelle in Nevada

Let's see: hungry, angry, unbalanced and snippy. Awww, bring it on, Sunny. If most of us are surviving what would make Griswald's Family Christmas look like a walk in the park, we can survive anything. Don't know if you're truly prepared for the 'getting fat' bit though. I worked a few years in the marriage license bureau and saw for myself for sure that men really, Really love roly-poly women. Be prepared to break a lot of hearts and defend yourself. Just get better; we can deal with the rest. Polly

ROFL Polly! I promise to fight 'em off with a baseball bat.

Hugs and thanks for all the sweet words from everybody, Sunny