Went to see doctor last week and he told me that I can stop taking prednisone in one more month. Also, I was worried that my acute kidney injury turned chronic after I saw the words Chronic Kidney Disease on my previous visit summary. So I asked the doctor last week and he told me that mine wasn't chronic, because my kidneys were functioning well in the past few months.
Was taking 3mg of prednisone per day before having seen the doctor, and now I'm taking 2mg for 2 weeks. After that I will be taking 1mg for 2 weeks, and I will be ALL DONE with the freakin prednisone!!!
It has been almost a year. Last year's February, my eyes turned red, started using prednisolone eyedrops. In March, I was diagnosed with TINU syndrome. Did biopsy in April and started taking prednisone (80mg/day) and other kinds of medicine a few days later. Stopped using the eyedrops in May. Dosage decreased gradually, from 80 to 60, 40, 20, 15, 10, 7.5, 5, 4, 3 and 2 for now.
Lost 10lbs in February due to TINU. Gained 20lbs after I started taking prednisone. Face became so round and puffy (pictures can be found in previous posts). So my face is getting smaller as the dose is decreasing. I also lost around 6lbs.
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| Took this picture yesterday. Face is smaller than before!! |
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| Holding my Tzu Ching name tag with the photo taken last year's july, when my face was still puffy |
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| Top left: Taken last year's summer, when I just started taking prednisone for a few months. Face was more puffy before this. Top right: Beginning of September. Bottom left: Not sure when was this taken. Should be November. Face was a lil smaller. Bottom right: Just a few days ago!! |
Can't wait to stop taking prednisone. I hope I can slim down for my commencement in May!! (2 more months to go! I need to go to RPAC more often) :D
