Hi Debra,
I'm down to 5 mg/day of pred, but still taking bactrim and mtx (plus other meds for bp and asthma). I take my pred with food and have had no gastric problems. My pulmonologist thought I might have "silent GERD". I had the upper pH probe test done last spring and that showed no anomaly, so I decided against the endoscopy. No other symptoms noted.
I had a flu shot about a month ago. I've had no ill effects from it. The Columbus health dept says that hospitalizations for flue are way up this year (45 cases this month vs 4 for the same time period last year) and are recommending that everyone get a flu shot as they think we're in for a rough year.
Pete
dx 1/11
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