Prednisone..the drug you love to hate,but really should love...

OI Vay!!!!!

I’m doing better everyone. Everyone noticed in clinic, breathing is better all around. I’m not gasping for air when I climb the stairs to my house.

A lot of people are breathless when they climb those stairs anyway.

But over all I’m feeling better.

Its that balance of doing nothing and doing everything.

Rest, go slow, breathe, listen to guided meditation CDs, take cat naps, the whole med routine plus other stuff thrown in there. Repeat my mantras, stretch my chest, open up my heart space.

Talk to my lungs, rest more, let go of worry....... all of it.

Today they gave me 2 more mouth rinses because my mouth is still giving me grief. Hey why not throw that into the mix.

I’m getting good at the routine thing. This is what makes people obsessive/compulsive :)

Also I have come to realize from talking with Pricilla my nurse, that come the beginning of August this weaning from the Prednisone is going to be sloooooooooooooooow sloooooooooooow process. So maybe another month or 2 till I’m off totally from it.

I swear I have gained 1lb every week. 123 today!!! I was like 118 3 or 4 weeks ago. I know I know I was complaining last year about being too skinny.

I’m not talking like, wow look my nice meaty bubble butt, kind of weight, or oh look at my nice muscles kind of weight gain. or I feel shapely and sexy, kind of weight.

I’m talking it feels like I have an inner tube around my body, you know one of those old fashion tire inner tubes you used to float on in a lake as a kid. And of course the moon face and kinda puffy neck

Lord, will I gain a pound a week till I’m off this stuff?

That vanity thing!!!...but truly it is kinda uncomfortable.

All I can do is laugh about it really.

Ah Prednisone the drug you love to hate, but damn I love it because it is healing me up. I talk to it before I put it in my body and say " Hey big guy, ok you are amazing, your are powerful, you know what you are doing, but lets make is snappy and lets take it easy on my body, OK. I’m just a little human woman here"

It doesn’t respond really, that would be weird. But I have been very lucky, I really have been.

Thanks for listening.

I feel goofy today and happy and my breath is flowing and I’m going to Chicago tomorrow.

And here I am I get to share it all with you lovely loving people that listen and pray and smile and laugh with me.

Thanks so much…

Have an amazing weekend.

All my love and purrrs and prayers right back at you!!!

Namaste
Victoria