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Posted 4/17/2014 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
I started 40mg prednisone on the 15th and already today I feel like my old self and my old normal!  I actually skipped up the curb on my way into the office and walking up the ramp did not hurt.

I know that the side effects can be rough (hubby is in charge of keeping me from over eating hahahaha).  But...wow I feel better than I have in months.  Yes, I am in a little denial...but if this can kick me back long term to feeling better...I will be even more giddy than I am right now.

I just wanted to say that I am happy to be happy and feel my old spark back....I'm even grinning writing this.

lalalala yeah

Posted 4/17/2014 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
Habs, so glad to hear it and I know just how you feel. My dr will only prescribe it in short bursts because it is both a miracle drug and the most evil drug on the planet. But when I was so miserable and they put me on it just to get me thru till other medication kicked in man I felt great! I went from doing nothing and being miserable all day to literally racing around the house cleaning, putting up christmas decorations and everything else. And this was one day on it!
Posted 4/17/2014 4:33 PM (GMT 0)
lol, I wish my family would keep me from overeating! My thing is those stupid cheese balls from Sam's Club. I've had 3 of those giant things of them in 2 weeks. I've put on 10 pounds in this month, I think. But I start tapering tomorrow.

I am SO glad you're feeling better! :) I know it's temporary since we can't rely on pred and some of it's other side effects are bad, but it's so nice to have a break from the normal problems.
Posted 4/17/2014 5:12 PM (GMT 0)
I am so glad you are feeling better! I wish I could say something nice about prednisone but after multiple surgeries for prednisone induced AVN, I cant!
Enjoy feeling good and living life ! Hugs!
Posted 4/17/2014 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
Well then clearly you had some sort of Crohn's flare, or you wouldn't be responding so well to the Prednisone...so it can't be just stress and IBS. Glad you are feeling better!!
Posted 4/17/2014 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
That's great news Habs! Here's to continued recovery.

Also, cheese balls are one of the best things ever.
Posted 4/17/2014 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Glad to hear you're feeling like your old self! I know what you mean. I actually bumped myself up to 40mg this past week because we went on vacation, and I wanted to be able to enjoy it! I did too! I was the only one in the family not having stomach issues, which was a nice change. Ate everything in sight though, that wasn't so good. lol I refused to have pictures taken too because I've got a serious moon face going on right now. But it was nice to not be tied to the bathroom, in pain, and not getting to enjoy a much needed vacation. Especially after the past few months I've had.

I'm tapering back down now, but it's a shame they can't find something that works so well without all the nasty side effects. But I definitely have a love/hate relationship with the stuff.
Posted 4/18/2014 12:11 PM (GMT 0)
So glad you're feeling better. Hope it continues for long after your taper ends. We deserve a spell of feeling good.
TewCute-what does your doctor consider a short burst(# of days and at what dose)?
Posted 4/18/2014 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hi canny, I was last on prednisone in November for I believe five or six days. I started on a very high dose and tapered every other day if I remember correctly. I have never been on pred long term. I have been on Entocort long term so I don't know if my dr just doesn't like pred in general or he doesn't want me on it LNG term since Entocort seems to work for me with little side effect. If I remember correctly the dose was 10 mg but I took like 4 pills the first two days. Then 3 pills and so on.
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