Face normal at 6mg's - hurrah

[Carol]

I walked past the mirror a few days ago and guess what I saw? The old me. A normal face. Hurrah. Other people have noticed it too. It happened at 6mgs of Prednisilone. Now I have no excuse for the extra weight I have on in other areas. Summer is on it's way here in Australia so what an incentive. I have been dropping Pred 1mg every 2 weeks so am very excited. Everything is feeling OK although it's interesting that despite my strange gait and spending so much time lying down etc over the past 15months I have not felt any stiffness, rheumaticcy pains or sore back etc. But now I am. I am guessing that the Pred supressed all that. I've also had a tooth flare up at 6mgs so I suspect it was also suppressing a nerve problem in my tooth. I write it up on the medications stream so read about it there.

[Doug]

I walked past the mirror a few days ago and guess what I saw? The old me. A normal face. Hurrah. Other people have noticed it too. It happened at 6mgs of Prednisilone. Now I have no excuse for the extra weight I have on in other areas. Summer is on it's way here in Australia so what an incentive. I have been dropping Pred 1mg every 2 weeks so am very excited. Everything is feeling OK although it's interesting that despite my strange gait and spending so much time lying down etc over the past 15months I have not felt any stiffness, rheumaticcy pains or sore back etc. But now I am. I am guessing that the Pred supressed all that. I've also had a tooth flare up at 6mgs so I suspect it was also suppressing a nerve problem in my tooth. I write it up on the medications stream so read about it there.

"Gad!" Carol thought. "This buzzard's stalking me!"

Not really! Congratulations on losing your moonface!

[Cindy M]

Oh Carol, your moon face is gone! I know you really don't miss it, Congratulations, it must feel wonderful.

[andrew]

Congrats! Well done! No way will you miss it

[Sangye]

Yeah, you won't miss it. I mean, you can once again go through doors without turning sideways!! Maybe you can have a "Bye-bye Moon" party. The earth only needs one, you know....

And definitely even very low doses of pred mask a lot of aches and pains and even infections. I've been taking a mere 5 mg for the past 2 days. And I can't believe how much pain it takes away!

[RCOSSIO]

Does this mean you will now start having "moon pie" for dessert?

[jola57]

Bye bye moon face here comes Carol, I noticed that even at 15 pred, but getting rid of that extra poundage is proving to be soooo hard. Good luck, let us know how you are doing with the battle of the bulge.