Re: Tapering down on Pred finally...

[Guest guest]

Hey Gail,

Glad to hear the tapering is going well - KUDOS!

The auto-immune diseases in my family are sort of a skipped generation

thing. All the women on my mother's side have thyroid disease, from

my youngest female cousin up to my great-grandmother. But on my

father's side, my grandmother had issues and now I do, skipping my

father and uncle. However, they are both male and we know that auto-

immune diseases tend to cluster in women statistically, so not sure

that can be used either. Back to my mother's side, my great

grandmother had RA most likely, but none of the other women until me

have had anything but thyroid disease - at least of an auto-immune

nature. Cancer is the big killer in my mother's side. Everyone but my

mother has had/died of cancer. So I'm not sure I'm a good example of

anything, lol.

Houston