author here: Hey, that's my post on the frontpage, what is it doing here?!?
I've been working on my blog lately, and having only a few posts up and no readership, I'm now blown away by all the comments and mails and support I'm receiving. Thank you so much everybody!
It's a privilige to live in Germany, where I have public health insurance, and access to great doctors and staff. I'm tapering off the cortisone right now (I'll be taking it for six weeks in total, so I dodge a lot the strain it can have), and am now on another medication. I don't feel comfortable sharing my condition / medication due to me being on the job hunt, but maybe one day. Thanks for all the pointers, too.
You didn’t ask for any advice, but I’ll offer it anyway, maybe someone will find this useful. When tapering from steroids, it’s best to follow the schedule prescribed by your doctor. I was once on prednisone for some alergic reaction, and I was really looking forward to put the episode behind me. So I tapered much more agressively than what my doctor advised. Big mistake. I ended up in the ER in an excruciating pain. I then resumed the original tapering profile, and I got off the prednisone in 4 month. Slow and steady was the key. No more incidents.
I've been working on my blog lately, and having only a few posts up and no readership, I'm now blown away by all the comments and mails and support I'm receiving. Thank you so much everybody!
It's a privilige to live in Germany, where I have public health insurance, and access to great doctors and staff. I'm tapering off the cortisone right now (I'll be taking it for six weeks in total, so I dodge a lot the strain it can have), and am now on another medication. I don't feel comfortable sharing my condition / medication due to me being on the job hunt, but maybe one day. Thanks for all the pointers, too.