Cheryl wrote:

> steroids created another set of problems. I don't know what is worse
> -- what the steroids did, or the pain I had in the other three
> surgeries with just Motrin and Tylenol 3.

Oh, no, I hope you didn't have as bad a time as I did with
steriods. Talk about the cure being worse than the ailment.
I hope your surgery went well, at least.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Cheryl wrote:
>
>> steroids created another set of problems. I don't know what is worse
>> -- what the steroids did, or the pain I had in the other three
>> surgeries with just Motrin and Tylenol 3.
>
> Oh, no, I hope you didn't have as bad a time as I did with
> steriods. Talk about the cure being worse than the ailment.
> I hope your surgery went well, at least.
>
> nancy

I think so. thanks Nancy. Stitches are still in so I can only base it on the
other three. But man, a few hours after taking the Medrol pak dose (I'm on
day 3) my breathing is shallow, can't see well, and the headache from hell
that still hasn't gone away. I would quit taking it but I have no pain in
my mouth (huge plus) and it says not to discontinue without talking to the
doc. And it's Saturday. The side effects go away other than the headache
but at the time they start it is scary.

What did the steroids do to you?

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> steroids created another set of problems. I don't know what is worse
>>> -- what the steroids did, or the pain I had in the other three
>>> surgeries with just Motrin and Tylenol 3.
>>
>> Oh, no, I hope you didn't have as bad a time as I did with
>> steriods. Talk about the cure being worse than the ailment.
>> I hope your surgery went well, at least.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I think so. thanks Nancy. Stitches are still in so I can only base it on
> the other three. But man, a few hours after taking the Medrol pak dose
> (I'm on day 3) my breathing is shallow, can't see well, and the headache
> from hell that still hasn't gone away. I would quit taking it but I have
> no pain in my mouth (huge plus) and it says not to discontinue without
> talking to the doc. And it's Saturday. The side effects go away other
> than the headache but at the time they start it is scary.
>
> What did the steroids do to you?

Oh, and the stomach cramps until today and more that isn't appropriate in a
food group. lol
Confusion and aggression. That has mostly gone away. I have to wonder
about animals on these drugs. I have a cat with horrible allergies and he
gets a depo medrol shot when needed and I hate to think he gets these
symptoms.

>

Cheryl wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Oh, no, I hope you didn't have as bad a time as I did with
>> steriods. Talk about the cure being worse than the ailment.
>> I hope your surgery went well, at least.

> I think so. thanks Nancy. Stitches are still in so I can only base it
> on the other three. But man, a few hours after taking the Medrol pak
> dose (I'm on day 3) my breathing is shallow, can't see well, and the
> headache from hell that still hasn't gone away.

Yikes, that stuff is nasty.

> I would quit taking
> it but I have no pain in my mouth (huge plus) and it says not to
> discontinue without talking to the doc. And it's Saturday. The side
> effects go away other than the headache but at the time they start it
> is scary.
>
> What did the steroids do to you?

Blew up my innards like you wouldn't believe. By the end of the week
my abdomen was distended as if I was 11 months pregnant. Led to
all kinds of problems later, and the pain and the hallucinations weren't
that much fun, either. What a nightmare.

nancy