Prednisone; the miracle drug. Treats everything; hives, sunburn, back inflammation, cancer. Some would call it a miracle drug, I can only imagine the bucket loads of this stuff delivered to hospitals, I mean EVERYONE gets a steroid.
Steroid for you, steroid for you and you and you.....
I like to call it; EAT EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, THEN MURDER PEOPLE WHILE MANIACALLY SMILING drug.
Some perspective;
My husband volunteered to work a double yesterday, a third shift double and my daughter stayed at one of MY friends houses.
I had slept 3 hours in three days when I called my Dr to let him know I had not slept, my face was the size of Mercury and my right leg was catching up; his nurse (who I normally love) told me to "close the shades in your room and make sure the kids are quiet" to help with my steroid induced insomnia.....
I am not sure why my family scattered, I mean, I was FINE.
Fucked up
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional
In a moment of clarity I decided to place my cell phone out in my car so I wouldn't steroid-dial people.
The phone is still out there.
It is safer that way, I would really like some friends left when I stop this course of medicine.
Oh, and that whole..MUST EAT EVERYTHING while on steroids thing; WTF. I have not had the munchies like that since a 1989 Grateful Dead concert.
I did get some sleep last night, that is why you have not seen my mercury size face on the evening news, I fell into some kind of coma and felt refreshed this morning.
When my hubby came home, he made sure the coffee he brought me entered the room before he did, You know..kind of like the white flag being waved at the end of a losing battle.
This experience shall be called; AFGO
Another
Fucking
Growth
Opportunity
This too shall pass.....as it always does.
Oh wonderful steroids! I had to take them as part of my chemo I took for breast cancer that was probably caused by all the radiation I had for Hodgkin's Disease. Now I probably have mast cell activation syndrome. But I am still here after 38 years. Oh, and I had to take zoloft for the anger I felt from the steroids. Fun times.
ReplyDeleteThat is the thing Dottie, they save lives!! It is almost as if it is a deal with the devil in some ways. Sounds like you have been through a lot! I am taking them for the mast cell issues as well, this is the first time I have has a serious run in with them, all this came as a surprise had no idea of the side effects, no wonder polypharmocology comes into play....got to treat the side effects with something! On the good side, my throat has not closed up since I started taking them, just like the ER doc promised.
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