prednisone post transplant

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Mike's experience with prednisone hasn't been a bad one really - at 30 mgs. he was a bit emotional but then, he was feeling emotional about the whole experience - of course it affected his appetite, but that was a good things because he had dropped about 30 lbs. or weight and fluid.....

he had his transplant on May 17 and has been gradually reduced, right now he is at 5 mgs., then he will go to 2.5 for about a month or so, then off it completely. He has heard of some folks experiencing tremors but he never had that problem.

Patti

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> >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: Re: for anyone who might have an answer or idea... >Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:34:58 -0400 > >I'm going to be put on prednisone as a part of my post-transplant >recovery. How has your experience been with it in general? What can I >expect? I do know that my GI doctor wanted me to avoid it if at all >possible but that was before I went through the whole transplant >evaluation. Now, I have no choice. > > > > > Maureen, > > You really don't want to hear my opinion on this, but I'll give it > > anyway. You might remember (maybe not) that I had a heck of a time > > getting off prednisone after I was mistakenly dx with autoimmune > > hepatitis and treated for four months with prednisone 40mg down to > > 30mg daily and immuran. It Take the effort out of being organized with MSN® Calendar. MSN Premium: Join now and get the first two months FREE*