Grrrrrr. I could spit!
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I have been doing so well lately, bloods were in the 'normal' range (18-20 ESR). Then, for the third time (or was it the fourth?!), I had reduced to 5 mg Pred. Then, BANG, once again a flare - after four years. Up went ESR and CPR.
I think in future I will skip 5 mgs and go straight to 4! Good idea does anyone think😏😏. I'm getting quite paranoid about the number 5!
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liz12234 constance.de
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pauline36422 constance.de
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so stay on 6 and go down quater mg at a time. take it over 6 weeks each quater.
solw i know but its working for me.
constance.de pauline36422
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julian. constance.de
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So its sort of pre-ordained that the easiest dose to take, one 5mg tablet per day, should have side effects, like everything else to do with this confounded condition.
Instead of missing out five next time maybe consider cutting one 5mg tablet in half and taking both halves.
The frustration of trying to line the blunt axe up on the silly little tablets and watching them crumble with even the lightest blow should take one's mind of the flare.
Apart from that I have only sympathy to offer. To be taken daily with a glass of fine German Spätburgunder.
Caution. Drinking the vino has been known to effect the accuracy of the axe.
constance.de julian.
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gaenor38609 julian.
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elizabeth20640 gaenor38609
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gaenor38609 elizabeth20640
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julian. gaenor38609
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Of course you'll get there.
constance.de gaenor38609
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Thank goodness you were caught in time.
Great that you can keep positive with that background. Keep it up!
All the best. Have a pain free Christmas, and all the luck in the world for 2016.
MrsO-UK_Surrey constance.de
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Meanwhile, iIf you are continuously unable to reduce to 5mg and below using the slow method, it might be an idea to ask your GP for a synacthen test to check whether your adrenal glands are getting up to speed in making their own natural supply of steroid (cortisol) again after having been suppressed by the long term artificial steroid.
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