Re: general updates on us Dreamer & son

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YEAH!!!!! Dreamer, way to go, girl!!!!!! That is

amazing - keep up the good work. I know that it must

be extra hard to give up the old cigs with everything

else you are dealing with, so be very proud of

yourself, and give yourself a gentle hug from me!

I am so sorry that you are having such a hard time

with the pain and swelling - I had the same problem

with Prednisone, made me very manic and very crabby at

that doseage too. Hope you can deal with the lower

dose, and that your pain gets better. Also, give a

big hug to your son, and a very happy birthday!!!

Kathe in CA

--- dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

> Hi again. I know, I pop in and out here a lot.

>

> I am holding my smoking down to approx 10 cigs a

> day, which is a GREAT improvement! (down from 60 or

> more a day) I talked to my new rheumy on the phone,

> he was pleased with that progress. He was even

> teasing me, and I was crabby and suly with him, I

> even called him some names.

> He had originally put me on 10 mg prednisone 3 times

> a day, but, I got very manic and out of control on

> it almost immediately and with also trying to quit

> smoking, it was pretty unpleasant. (I did not sleep

> for 3 nites) So, I went down to 5 mg 3 times a

> day...but....then everything swelled up and hurt so

> bad, so fast! YUK!

> So, I am pretty frustrated.

>

> My lil dude had an eye appt (he was going weekly for

> post surgical follow up) and the eye doc " reminded

> me " he had also removed my sons eye lens during

> surgery. I had not remembered him telling me that

> before. No wonder my son has no vision at all. The

> good news is we got to stop the several 4 tiemes a

> day eye drops. When my fingers or wrists swell, it

> was so hard to do them, and they burned my sons eye

> and made him cry. We had a mini celebration for

> being able to stop the drops. LOL. Today is is

> birthday, he turns 11 today. He is pretty excited

> and took Zingers to school to share with his class.

> :-)

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Kathe

" To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. "

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