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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 1,471
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 1,471
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Hi Annie!
Hi Annie! You just described most of my diet......ez and out of a can.....
that is, if I make it.....Guess I just have to take a big girl pill and eat right
from now on.........lol!
The weird thing is I swell when I am exposed to HEAT = my face doubles in
size.....Can't wait to get my pred down to a manageable level. That will be a great day! I drink plenty of fluids all day long and take sodium as well. My face also goes down after I've been lying down all day. My neuro just chalks it up to pred, but I still HATE some of the side effects.
It could be worse. I always have to remember that.
Stablizing my MG is the big thing right now......I can go from really, really
feeling good to feeling like crap in a matter of minutes..........
Big hugs!
Erin
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Originally Posted by AnnieB3
Erin, When I took Pred, I puffed up like a balloon. Some people are very salt sensitive while on Pred. One of the best things you can do is take added salt completely out of your diet and greatly reduce the foods with high sodium (like soups, anything canned, etc.).
Coping With Prednisone is supposed to be a good book. It may give you tips on what else you can do.
Lower carbohydrates is good too. A high fiber/low fat diet works really well. Beans are good but only if you make them yourself! Beans in cans - or at Taco Bell - contain high amounts of sodium. Beans don't contain any fat. You combine them with some brown rice and it's the perfect meal (along with vegies).
I hope you can taper at some point. You seem really on edge with your MG though. Stablizing seems more important right now.
Salt is the enemy on Pred. Don't underestimate it. Even the smallest amount. Since I had it, I'm still salt sensitive and can't have hardly any.
Annie
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