I was seen by an ENT doc after a CT scan of my throat and upper airways revealed a slightly enlarged thyroid. She sent me for another CT focusing on the larynx area and also had me get a videostroboscopy. It tuns out the thyroid needs no further action at this time but my vocal cords close partially when I exhale. The ENT doc,speech therapist and... Read more
It seems as if my summer is beginning just as my winter did. Another URI, another round of antibiotics, breathing treatments and prednisone. I get my shots and my interaction with other people is limited since I've retired so I don't know what's up.
Maybe my meds and my asthma has weakened my resistance..or maybe I'm just unlucky.
All I do know... Read more
Today I took my last 5 mg of pred thus completing 5 weeks of a pred taper. I am feeling much better although I still tire easily. I'm not going to push things too hard yet. I don't want a relapse . But I hope that maybe I have finally come to an end of 6 weeks of one cold after another and, consequently, one flare up after another. I am... Read more
I am still being plagued by the aftermath of a resiratory infection I thought that I was over with a couple of weeks ago. I was approaching the end of a four week taper of prednisone and hoped to get off it after my followup visit with my pulmonologist on Wednesday. Unfortunately I get really winded with very little effort these last few... Read more
I am in the third week of feeling a bit off. Now that the initial respiratory infetion problem has been taken care of (I hope), I am in the midst of completing a prednisone taper. I still have about 8 more days on pred. I return for a followup visit to the pulmonologist next week. What is unusual to me is that some days I feel normal and on other... Read more
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