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Skriven 2012-07-02 21:13:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 26801 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
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Hi Nancy,

 ML> Steroids are the proverbial two-edged sword.

 RH> This is the 2nd time they've done me in; back in 2000, I was on them
 RH> for almost the whole year. By the time it was discovered they were
 RH> doing more harm than good, it took several months to wean off of them.

 NB> MJ was on long-term (low-dose) steroids for her recurring lung
 NB> problems, finally weaned off for the "more harm than good", and now

They can be really good or really bad; I have a long acting one in my
Advair but that's the only one I use on a regular basis.

 NB> only the
 NB> short-term use if needed to help clear pneumonias...  But the decision
 NB> was made in her case that any time we'd need to use them, the weaning
 NB> would start immediately, and it would only be for a very short time, I
 NB> think generally less than a week...  Yours may have interacted

My usual is 10 days; the pulminologist figured it would be easier to do
a 12 day taper this time (X days of so many tabs, reduce by one for
another X days, etc). The pharmacist at CVS even included a check off
sheet so I could keep track of how many to take on what day. That was a
nice touch.

 NB> adversely with other meds, or possibly just an adverse reaction in
 NB> your body to
 NB> too much of it again...

Who knows at this point. Whatever it was, I'm glad we caught it when we
did. I don't like the finger sticks and shots but I'm glad I came thru
without worse complications.


 RH> Sometimes a splurge is needed. Steve checked the carbs on an Aldi's
 RH> dark chocolate with mint bar tonight & found it OK (29 for 2 (of 5 in
 RH> the box) bars) so I indulged with one bar. It tasted good. (G)

 NB> Very true...  and that sounds like a fairly safe splurge... :)  Dark
 NB> chocolate with mint is yummy...  :)

It's been a favorite combo of mine for years. In Germany we'd get Ritter
Sport bars with a lot more flavor varieties than they have here in the
States; I'd always go for the dark chocolate with mint cream filling. We
found one last year in AZ at a Cost Plus World Market so I snagged it.
As always, yummy. (G)


 NB> ... I can't really argue with that although I know someone who will.

I'll argue, if only to play devil's advocate. (G)


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Ruth
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