One Week Post Steroids


I am one week out, and I feel slightly better than before I started, so I have determined that I nipped something in the bud. I wish I could report better results, but these results are not bad. I can get up easier, I have to pay attention where balance is concerned, and the steroids didn't have me eating everything in sight. Actually, that was probably because there wasn't anything in sight to eat. Note to self - always do 'roids at the end of the month when the snack cupboard is bare.

I had one lousy side effect this time - and that was diarrhea - a direct result of all that water retention behind a slight case of constipation. I was going to tell you about it, but upon reading the paragraph, I decided against it. Let's just say that I'm just now getting back to an equilibrium where that issue is concerned.

A line to separate that section from the next, that's all, just a line to indicate a change of subject.

I was talking to my cousin, and we are invited to her house for Easter dinner. I am to bring the rolls which I'll get at Great Harvest bakery. She also had come lousy news to share - recently she went in to get her eyes checked, and not only does she have cataracts, but she also has macular degeneration. Her mother went blind from macular degeneration, so she knows what to expect, and she's hopeful that they have some treatments that weren't available to her mother. She had one of those treatments, and I shivered when she told me about it -- after numbing her eye, they pierced it with a needle to inject it with ???something. I KNOW! Eeww. Creepy. But she said she didn't feel a thing. Already she has lost her center vision, and can't read standard printed material. This woman lives to read, and much of her reading is esoteric material. I suggested that she contact the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped ASAP so she can get acquainted with all of their services. I know they will put requested books on tape for you, but that it takes time. I'm sure she will want to use that service. Still, truly unfortunate news.

On that crummy note -
Good Night, TTYL and Be Well

Comments

  1. MartyApril 4, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM PDT

    Hi Webster,
    So sorry to hear your cousin's news. I'll keep her in my thoughts ... and perhaps, as you say, today's more advanced treatments can help.
    Best,
    Marty

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  2. WebsterApril 4, 2009 at 10:21:00 PM PDT

    Thanks Marty, If anyone can deal with this, it's her. She's very insightful.

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  3. AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 7:59:00 AM PDT

    I am so sorry to read about your cousin's troubles with MD. My grandmother had cataracts and went blind from a cataract operation in the early 1960's. Watching her go through her recovery makes me thankful for the improvements in cataract surgery since then. The operation wasn't perfected yet so she had to wear those thick heavy glasses for months. As far as I know she didn't have macular degeneration, but I worry just the same that I will end up with cataracts like she did, my mother did, and one brother did.

    I live to read and write (my part time occupation) and I once told my husband that if the Lord were to take away one of my senses, I would be ok with sight, because losing my mind from Alzheimers, my ability to walk from MS and RA, my voice (which is almost gone) from MS, my touch/feel from MS (neuropathy), my hearing from a husband who won't own up that HE is the one with the hearing problem! and my sense of smell is oh so intact that I wouldn't mind losing some of that too. As soon as I smell something in the kitchen or bathrooms, I go on a cleaning spree!
    LOL

    I admire your restraint from eating while on the steroids! I can't do it. :-(

    Take care,
    Anne

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  4. WebsterApril 7, 2009 at 10:52:00 PM PDT

    Thanks Anne, It wasn't restraint - there just wasn't any snacky food in the house. I made do with the occasional cup of cocoa. Happily, all water weight is now off. And I stopped whatever it was that was going on. in other words IT WORKED!

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