Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 Hi Ging. First, I'd like to add my voice to the well-wishes and prayers for you and your husband. You are often in my thoughts. I believe it is Tree that takes pred on a sporadic, as-needed basis, more so than I do. I will do short tapers, starting at 40mg and tapering down over 3-5 days, if I started getting into trouble with shock symptoms. Short bursts are supposedly safer than long term use, and low doses are safer than higher doses. As for the damage pred does, I can't really tell any more what is doing what to me. I was on extremely high doses for a long time - I tapered down from 100mg a day over the course of 2 years. I have osteoporosis (I'm only 39, for crying out loud!) and thin skin, poor healing, and some other stuff going on that could be from the pred. The reason it's hard for me to know for sure is a lot of the same problems long-term pred use can cause are also caused by masto. I'm sure the pred didn't help a lot of those things, probably sped them up. I know I sure feel older than I am..... Air hugs, Jackie Life is tough, but I'm tougher. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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