Re: First dose of prednisone

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No problem, KD, you can always count on me to be bossy

Glad you're feeling better. Not to suggest negative things, but it wouldn't be

unusual if you have a hard time sleeping. Just try to do relaxing things, drink

tea/milk, small tasks, boring reading, the usual stuff for insomnia. If you

don't sleep at all or if you have any racing thoughts or rapid speech, let your

doc's nurse know. I get a bit wonky on higher doses of prednisone. I feel

*great* but mood disorders run in my family and I tend to get a bit hypomanic.

I wouldn't expect that to happen to you at 40mg, but it can be good to ask

someone to keep an eye on you until you know how you respond.

Cheers, Kate F

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From: " danielskathy@... " <danielskathy@...>

Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 8:20:32 PM

Subject: [ ] First dose of prednisone

It has been 5 hours since my very first dose of 40mg prednisone. The

pain is better! The swelling is still there, cannot make a fist or

cross my legs, but this is very encouraging for just a few hours.

Thank you Kate for encouraging me to get the scrip filled.

KD