after a particularly bad flair last summer I took prednisone oral for several months, every time I tapered I was back in bed. finally I tapered 1 mg a day. it took forever, but I finally got off of it and felt - okay. a few months later I had 8 cortisone injections for bursitis in my hips. after a week of feeling like I had a coffee IV hooked up! I felt amazing! I mean I felt like I was 17 again. (without the hormones!) I didn't remember that feeling good felt that good. it lasted for a month, one glorious month. then in physical therapy they had me doing too much weight on a machine and my tendons in my thighs got pulled. a week later it all hit me again - fatigue, fog and icky body pain. I was heart broken. I want this $%^& to go away. I don't want to take prednisone, but I can't feel like this all the time. I can tolerate severe pain for short periods of time, but this moderate pain day in and day out is killing me.
pass me the pred!!!
Marie
Post Edited (spinningmawmaw) : 4/17/2009 11:52:06 PM (GMT-6)