Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 Hi Carolyn No I didn't take the pred, I'm still waiting to speak to my rheumy first (he wasn't in today). I really do not want to go through that again with the pred... but.... As for the sinus thing... I don't have a cold, just post nasal drip due to deviated septum. However, this evening I had a really bad anxiety attack and was wheezing a little... I took a valium 2mg and it calmed down...it may also have been cold/exertion induced asthma... I know this doesn't sound good... I'll be speaking to my rheumy hopefully tomorrow... I'll keep you posted. luv you all Carmela ************************************ > >Reply-To: Rpolychondritisegroups >To: <Rpolychondritisegroups> >Subject: Re: Carolyn, flares! >Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:45:16 -1000 > >Hi Carmela, >The Flonase won't start to work for awhile so take a good decongestant for >a >few weeks until it does. You decided not to take pred? > >It sounds like this flare is worse than your previous one -- note how you >weren't sure if your nose was affected or " just sinus " until it really >flared. Hopefully (esp if you decide not to prednisone) you're not going >through the same process with your throat!! Note also you needed a lot >more >prednisone and it sounds like for longer with this episode. >If I were you, I'd really think about pred. to start at 50 or 75 for >awhile >and then taper -- if it IS a combo of postnasal drip/cold and RP you'll >have >all the bases covered. If it's only a cold postnasal drip, the pred might >make it get better faster (overkill, but oh well) unless you have an active >infection like a sinus infection going on, then you'd need antibiotics too. >Don't think you should go by you 1994 flare. This one has already >announced >to you (gotta listen to your body, it's trying to tell you something) that >it has been and may be now worse! > >TA is very serious as I'm sure you know. If you have any of that kind of >headache again -- even not as sore, think pred pred pred pred pred... > >To be honest, my bet is that at least part of this is RP -- and you've >never > " finished " your flare from this summer. But it's awfully hard to tell over >the computer. This feels like talking to last week. I'LL feel >better if you ever decide to take the pred. >Love you too >Carolyn ________________________________________________________________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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