Latrece
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- Ok guys, I am completely weaned from steroids. Last time I took steroids was sometime in December or January. After being off for several weeks, I was retested for AD. My endocrinologist was very thorough at testing me. He warned me and process...
- Still working on weaning myself off steroid so I can be retested for Addison. I am down to taking 5mg of hydrocortisone once a day. I have been feeling a little sluggish with sore muscles. I suppose to go back to the doctor the week of xmas. ...
- I was diagnosed with AD in 2/2012. I take 10mg of HC in the morning and 5mg around 3 pm. I do not take any other meds for AD. My doctor told me that this is a low dose of HC. As a result, I gained about 50 pounds, with dieting, in the two years...
- How much exercise can you fit in a day, after work and family time? The steroids are making my gain so much weight until I am now pre-dibetic. I don't feel like exercising to fight the disease off.
- Has anyone developed glaucoma from taking steroids? If so, what is an Addisonian to do? We must have steroids to stay alive. But I have read that steroids may caused glaucoma. I have just been diagnosed with glaucoma. I am not...
- I have had Addison Disease for almost a year in February 2013. My doctor told me that I take the lowest dose of hydrocortisone he can give me. Because of some blood test and I have no true craving for salt, I take no other medicine for Addison...
- I have had AD for less than a year. I never had a crisis, thank God. I read about events that could lead to a crisis, (illness and injury). I was wondering would mental illness be included as one of the events. I am physically healthy, but I am...
- I always want to sleep. I have a hard time getting up in the morning. I want to take naps during the day. If I stay up late at night, I feel sick the next day. It usually takes me two days of slee for my body to readjust to the missed sleep. I...
- This e-mail is being sent to let you know that the amazing Dusty Hardman is taking on what is possibly her most Herculean feat so far, and will be running the 314 mile Last Annual Vol-State Road Race starting on July 12th in Dorena, Missouri and...
- This e-mail is being sent to let you know that the amazing Dusty Hardman is taking on what is possibly her most Herculean feat so far, and will be running the 314 mile Last Annual Vol-State Road Race starting on July 12th in Dorena, Missouri and...
- My endocrinologist increased my levothyroxin from 50 g to 75 g. Now I am hot all the time. I can set in the house with my thermostat on 65 F and be very comfortable. I can't call my dr because to Saturday, so " decided to just skip a dose today....
- Last week I told my neice I was recently diagnosed with Addison.disease.. Today she was found along and dead in her apartment. She was 8 months older than me. I will miss her. She was diabetic and suffered with from an amputated leg that would...
- It is what it is, but I will rejoice in the Lord, even so...It was on my mind about the accuracy of my ACTH test. I supposed to have returned in 60 minutes to give blood again. In my mind, I returned in 59 minutes. I wondered could one minute...
- I was driving down the street and I saw a bumper sticker with Addison on it and Cure in red. Because I never met anyone with Addison Disease, I followed the car, hoping it will stop at a nearby neighborhood so I could talk to the person. .But it...
- Hi, I was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency in February 2012. Before I was diagnosed, I had pains in my joints and muscles. I was so tired, I did not know what was wrong with me. Now I feel better after taking my medicine, but I am scared to...