Prednisone

[moyan]

P.S. I do what I can excercising, but with a hip that doesn't like me and a sore back...............

[elephant]

Moyan that is all you can do. You do the best you can with what is going on with you mentally and physically. Your funny arrowroot cookies. Yum. Moyan do you like blueberries? You could blend a cup of light vanilla soy milk with a cup of frozen blueberries or other berries and blend in a blender. You could also add half of a banana ( that equals one fruit) to the blueberry smoothie. Drinking V8 is good too. Hey I will find ways to sneak veggies and fruit into you...Hee hee :>)

[moyan]

Hi elephant, thank you for your advice. I am a very good old geeser when it comes to veggies and fruits: always have them at hand and dump some here and there. The frozen ones are easy to just add, learned that when kids were little, hehe.

[moyan]

PS With kidney problems no bananas and V8 has a lot of salt. Latest idea is to mix good veggies in blender, cook a bit and add to food.
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[elephant]

Sorry Moyan, I forgot you had kidney problems. Yes those are too high in potassium. I remember 21 years ago I was on a low salt, protein and potassium diet. It was very hard and I lost weight. I know how hard this could be, because many fruits and veggies are high in potassium.
I drink the low salt V8, but it is high in potassium. Are you needing a kidney transplant? What is your creatinine level ( blood work).

[moyan]

I forget the #, but when first found, docs were very scared and sent me same day the lab report came in to the hospital. Was down to 50%, but has since gotten better and stabilised and all is fine. Have a kidney specialist that I see every 6 months, but if something comes up..............

[jola57]

Moyan, who is you kidney specialist. I am going to see dr. Constantine in Abbotsford, a nephrologist. don't know if he has seen any weggies. Has yours?

[moyan]

Hi Jolanda, kid doc is dr. Starko, #203, E Columbia, don't have the street #, across from Royal Columbian where he also works. 604 525 9666 office.
I don't know if he has other Wegs, but he seems to generally know what he is talking about.
Also was once to an ENT that I really felt good about. Right questions and right answers.
Next week your rheumo, and I will not talk about him, not fair when he can not put his bit in

[MCC]

I have now put on 6 pounds after 7 weeks on prednisone, but after talking to my doctor about it I'm am no longer as bothered as I was. I lost around 14 pounds through being ill before my diagnosis, so I was always going to put some weight back on anyway. I am going to up my excercise from now on.

I also have a moon face which is noticeable to me, but not as bad as I had thought it could be (here's to it not getting worse).

[Sangye]

I hope you only get better, Mandy.

I gained 40 lbs in my first 4 months on pred. I started on 1,000 mg IV pred (1,250 mg oral pred) and was completely immobile. You should have less weight gain since your pred is lower and you can exercise.

Don't overdo it, though. Pred makes you more likely to tear tendons and ligaments. (The Achilles tendon is the most common. It can completely tear off the heel bone. BAD injury.) Also, the pred gives you the illusion of strength but your body is not as strong as your pred head thinks it is.