Posted 3/30/2014 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
Hi,
I jus t turned 60. I have never smoked and don't drink. I also have chronic Bronchitis. I have always gone through at least one case of bronchitis a year but for the past couple of years I have gotten it more often. It starts with a sore throat or head cold and no matter what I do it always ends up in my chest and I end up with bronchitis, on antibiotics, steroids, Asthmanex Mucinex
And a cough medicine. Last year I got it 3 times for 3 months at a time so that is 9 months with bronchitis!! I had breast cancer 5 years ago went through chemo etc. i have a 95% chance I won't get that back again but I swear I think the chemo messed up my system more than I know. However that is not my question. I have been through the whole battery of allergy tests and I don't have asthma.
I have always ended up in steroids but this time something strange happened. I was on Prednisone 40 mg for 7 days, 30mgs for 5 days, 20mg for 5 days and 10 mgs for 5 days now I have been off them for 4 days. I have been unbelievably weak for 2 weeks, night sweats ( I wake up drenched, shaky and all of these symptoms pop up again if I exert myself too much by going to the store for an hour or doing anything I normally did before all of this. My doctor is sending me for a cortisol blood test, blood sugar test and a full panel. I am now on my second course of antibiotics, this time doxycycline 2x100 mg morning and 2x100mg at night. I have gained weight but this time it seems like it is all in the front my belly feels like I am pregnant and I have never felt like that before. So my question is. How long will this go on and do you think all of this is just steroid withdrawal or has anyone gotten all of this but received a different diagnosis. Does this sound like adrenall insufficiency?? I hope people answer me cause I feel like I am going crazy. Thanks