Good Morning! I just wanted to talk about your Prednisone. It's so interesting since we all seem to have such different situations with all of our providers.
The only time I took the Prednisone was when I got the TM and was flown to Harborview in Seattle and put in ICU. It was for the same reason as yours which was to reduce the swelling and to stop the progression of the inflammation. They had to take me off of it after two days because it was raising my blood sugars too high which is one of the side effects. Since then, I've never used it. Right now the only thing I take is Lyrica 75mg. twice a day which helps with the pain and spasms. Occasionally I will take extra Ibuprofen if the pain is too much and that happens at least once a week. It never completely goes away but you learn to tolerate it. The neurologist also recommended my being on a low dose of Lexapro which is an antidepressant. This is common because of the increase of depression due to this type of diagnosis. Keep up the physical therapy, water therapy, also, if possible! That is the only thing that keeps me going and has helped tremendously in improving my getting around! I still have poor balance but at least I'm not paralyzed from the chest down as I was 3 years ago, thank God!!! Still feels like wet sand from the chest down but by gosh, I can move!! I hope this helps in some way. Jeanne in Dayton, WA -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/21/2008 9:14:53 AM To: Fellows-n-Ladies TMIC Subject: [TMIC] requesting advice from you experienced souls I am celebrating my first year with TM. I can walk but need a cane because of poor balance. My stamina has gone away ... I can walk a block or two but then need to rest for a few minutes. I have banding around my chest, growing area and knees. I get relief by taking 4mg of the steroid Prednizone (sp?) to reduce the swelling of my spinal cord. Are any of you taking anything similar? Anything better?
