Prednisone

I wanted to use this site to talk about out lives and the changes we have gone through.  One of those changes unfortunately was working two jobs at once.  Two FULL TIME jobs at once.  I just haven’t had much time or energy to be quite frank.

In October, Jason got incredibly ill due to the Ulcerative Colitis.  At midnight on October 17th, he started feeling sick and by around 6 am the next morning he had gone to the bathroom 16 times and was bleeding.  He was so exhausted, so after getting him back into bed and promising I wouldn’t call his doctor…I called his doctor!  That day the doctor explained that it was either get it under control quickly or Jason would have to be admitted to the hospital.

So, that day, Jason started a very high dose of Prednisone.

Side effects of Prednisone include:

• Confusion
• Weight Gain
• Excitement
• Acne
• Nausea
• Headaches
• and more serious side effects like Adrenal Fatigue

But within just a few days Jason was already seeing an improvement.  We are into January and it seems as though he is making a turn for the better.  I think both of us are scared because every other week his dose of Prednisone is lowered, but at least right now he can eat!!