Allison, pls. excuse my ignorance; but I thought Lupus never went away and if I
am correct then how come your mother was taken off of the prednisone? I am on
this drug due to hyrpothyroidism and was told I would be on it the rest of my
life. I am moon face and moon all around from it and am not happy about it one
bit...Thanks!, lillian
Docent@aol.com wrote:
> the angel food cake thing really does work at curbing mother's hunger and the
> pureed fruit helps with the constipation some of the pain meds bring. of
> course I am only speaking from the vantage point of lung, breast and primary
> liver CA.
>
> Mother also used to take large doses of prednisone for connective/collagen
> tissue disease (related to lupus). That in turn increased her appetite and
> weight gain. It took about a year for the moon faced-weight gain to go away.
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