Several years ago, when I was fighting breast cancer, I heard a woman
talking about choices. She said that with cancer you have lots of choices
(for instance radiation or mastectomy), but there was never a "goood"
choice. It was like being given a choice between being poked in the eye
with a stick or having a brick dropped on your foot. LOL. This disease is
a lot like that. Give Tera my best. Hang in there - Ann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: THous65004(AT)aol.com [SMTP:THous65004(AT)aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:57 AM
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Prednisone
>
> Do most of you with TM take some dosage of Prednisone daily? I thought it
> was
> unsafe on a long term basis, but Tera's neuro says she may keep her on 15
> mg
> for several more months and that she may never be off completely. This
> will
> be almost a year that she has been on various doses from 1000 mg in the
> hospital (5 days with each of 4 relapses) to tapers at home beginning at
> 50
> mg. I suppose if this is the only alternative, I shouldn't worry about
> something I can't change. I have heard that long term steroid usage leads
> to
> glaucoma, cancer, etc.
>
> Stacey in California (where the fog is lifting for a bit of sunshine
> today)
>
> PS. Thank you to each of you who told me how to reach the archives. I
> will be
> doing alot of reading tonight to get to know you.