Re: Dropped my prednisone and in bad shape again

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Dear ,

Please excuse any mistakes, I am recovering from my second cataract surgery.

Thiese were encapsulated cataracts which are due primarily to taking

prednisone. I tried to stop, got down to 5mg and couldn't go any further and

feel

alive, just a tangle of pain. My Dr. advised that 5 mg is a very low dosage

and if that was all I could do, then it would have to be. I have asthma, so

I have used prednisone all of my life, just not on a daily basis until I got

RA. It is a lifestyle choice, and at 56 I decided that I would take the

risk, because I had already done much of the damage and the quality of life is

more important to me.

Hope this helps.

Carol m. in CA

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