(Finally) Some Great News

[Alysia]

Have your doctors told you what to do if you have an accident, surgery, severe stress, etc while on pred? It's very important

Hi Sangye.
thank you so much for the reply. no, they didnt tell me anything about it.
I read what you just wrote. it is scary
so it is negligence that none of them ever mentioned it to me.
and it is no less then 5-6 good docs. (not to mention the bad ones).
thanks again

[annekat]

Thanks, Sangye. I don't believe I ever heard this from my doc. And I don't remember whether the oral surgeon had me take extra pred. He may have. Oral surgery is not as big a deal as some things, and he was a very good surgeon, and it was very easy on me, but I did have 4 teeth extracted at once. They absolutely needed to come out.

[Sangye]

Hi Sangye.
thank you so much for the reply. no, they didnt tell me anything about it.
I read what you just wrote. it is scary
so it is negligence that none of them ever mentioned it to me.
and it is no less then 5-6 good docs. (not to mention the bad ones).
thanks again

If you're on the doses I indicated, then yes, it is definitely negligent of them not to have informed you of this. Please do have a discussion with your main docs about it, and ask for their directions.

[pberggren1]

Thanks for posting about the adrenal crisis during trauma and extreme stress.

I am of course one of those Weggies that has needed low doses of pred over the years for infections, etc.