Re: My first URI in over 6 months.

[Guest guest]

Prednisone supresses your adrenals & pancreas so I am sure over the years of it,

that it caused the diabetes or if you had a family history 'pushed you over the

edge'. Keep vigilant with your nebulizer for the bronchitis, the antibiotics

will take care of the pharyngitis. Increase your fluids, especially water,

decrease caffeine to help " flush " your system, but please Doug, if you are not

better in a few days, call the doctor back.

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[Guest guest]

>

> Prednisone supresses your adrenals & pancreas so I am sure over the

years of it, that it caused the diabetes or if you had a family

history 'pushed you over the edge'. Keep vigilant with your

nebulizer for the bronchitis, the antibiotics will take care of the

pharyngitis. Increase your fluids, especially water, decrease

caffeine to help " flush " your system, but please Doug, if you are not

better in a few days, call the doctor back.

>

Thanks for your advice. You must be an allergy nurse or physician's

assistant. Thanks for helping us out here with your knowledge

Diabetes is not in my family but asthma and hyperactivity are. I

asked my allergist about pred. He said that if I had to have it, he

would insist that i take it, but for only a " burst and taper. "

Well, I am not THAT bad yet and won't get there if I can help it!

I was running a low grade fever last night. Once this Amox kicks in,

I will be much better

Doug

[Guest guest]

You are absolutely right to be as aggressive as you can in treating

this bug without using pred. I hope you feel better soon. Let us

know if you have to resort to pred or not.

Take care,

Addy

>

>

> Well gang, I now have larengitis and brohchitis. It is effecting

my

> asthma too. My family doc gave me some amoxicillin and Zyrtec-D.

I

> REFUSE repeat REFUSE to take ANY pred. NO, NADA, ZIP AND ZILCH!!!!!

>

> In my neb, I am mixing pulmicort with the Xopenex and generic

> Atrovent 4 times a day. This is the closest to ANY steroid I am

going

> go get!!!!!

>

> I was told when when I diagnosed as Type II Diabetic last

September

> that steroids and pred cause HIGH blood sugar levels and diabetes

> with extended use.

>

>

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

I absolutely agree about cutting out any caffeine - it is

dehyrdating!

I know my immune system is shot from taking too much pred. (Not to

mention the bone loss already evident at age 37.) I'm doing

everything I can not to take it anymore, including leaving a

stressful job around lots of young children, plenty of germs and an

old moldy building.

We must be vigilant if we are to be well. Thank God for Xolair.

Addy

> >

> > Prednisone supresses your adrenals & pancreas so I am sure over

the

> years of it, that it caused the diabetes or if you had a family

> history 'pushed you over the edge'. Keep vigilant with your

> nebulizer for the bronchitis, the antibiotics will take care of

the

> pharyngitis. Increase your fluids, especially water, decrease

> caffeine to help " flush " your system, but please Doug, if you are

not

> better in a few days, call the doctor back.

> >

>

>

> Thanks for your advice. You must be an allergy nurse or

physician's

> assistant. Thanks for helping us out here with your knowledge

>

> Diabetes is not in my family but asthma and hyperactivity are. I

> asked my allergist about pred. He said that if I had to have it,

he

> would insist that i take it, but for only a " burst and taper. "

> Well, I am not THAT bad yet and won't get there if I can help it!

>

> I was running a low grade fever last night. Once this Amox kicks

in,

> I will be much better

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

>

>

> You are absolutely right to be as aggressive as you can in treating

> this bug without using pred. I hope you feel better soon. Let us

> know if you have to resort to pred or not.

>

> Take care,

>

> Addy

>

>

>

Thanks Addy, I sure will

So far the nebbing with xopenex, pulmicort and atrovent is doing the

trick along with advair 2 times a day

Doug

[Guest guest]

Doug,

Hope you get to feeling better.

I think I'm going to have to call my Doctor Monday to get

something for my cold. It is moving down into my lungs and I'm

getting larangitis too.

I'm down to 10mg of pred every 3rd day, I want off that stuff. I'm

going to do everything I can so I don't have to increase it.-

-

In , " Rev. Doug Beasley " <uca79ii@y...>

wrote:

>

>

> --- In , " pyle456 " <coachmac@w...>

wrote:

> >

> >

> > You are absolutely right to be as aggressive as you can in

treating

> > this bug without using pred. I hope you feel better soon. Let

us

> > know if you have to resort to pred or not.

> >

> > Take care,

> >

> > Addy

> >

> >

> >

>

> Thanks Addy, I sure will

>

>

> So far the nebbing with xopenex, pulmicort and atrovent is doing

the

> trick along with advair 2 times a day

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Doug,

>

> Hope you get to feeling better.

>

> I think I'm going to have to call my Doctor Monday to get

> something for my cold. It is moving down into my lungs and I'm

> getting larangitis too.

> I'm down to 10mg of pred every 3rd day, I want off that stuff. I'm

> going to do everything I can so I don't have to increase it.-

>

>

Thanks

I am doing better today. Hopefully, I will have my singing voice back

by tomorrow. I am glad my family doctor gave me some Amoxicillin.

It seems to be breaking the infection up.

Hope u get better too.

Doug