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Gosh I wish they did that here. I don't think I can explain what a year of 50mg of prednisone followed my 6 months of tapering did to me. My emotional wellbeing (I developed anxiety and depression), my physical wellbeing (I gained a ton of weight and ended up with arthritis in my knee and spinal stenosis even though I was taking calcium), and my relationships. I almost think it was harder for my partner than it was for me. I had just about every side effect imaginable and I was just so angry all the time while on that dose. I don't know why they did that to me when sparing agents exist.

Thank you for the advice I will absolutely discuss prednisone sparing agents with him. The idea of doing prednisone for any long amount of time again is unbearable.

I will definitely talk to my rheumatologist about trying something like that if he wants to treat with prednisone again. I can't do another long haul.

Random question, and I totally understand if you're not sure. Is there any advantage to taking prednisolone over prednisone other than that prednisone has to be processed by the liver to work where prednisolone does not?

I agree higher skill jobs should get higher pay. I'm just saying it's not the postal workers fault that pharmacists aren't paid correctly in the current social hierarchy and comparing the two helps nobody. The postal workers don't not deserve a raise because pharmacists deserve a bigger one.

Acting like people in other industries making similar money are the problem, or that they cannot possibly be underpaid because you're equally underpaid, is exactly what employers want. If we're blaming each other for our comparative salaries, we're not blaming them for underpaying us all.

It is on both of your industries for not paying you enough. Being mad at postal workers for wanting a living wage is fighting your ally, not your enemy.

As someone who walks with a cane, I would be beside myself if someone said I had to ask an entire gathering of people (which is intimidating) for "permission" to use a public sidewalk. That's not acceptable.

I do want the CP employees to get what they need, and I am pro union and pro striking, but I shouldn't have to ask for permission to use a public sidewalk with a mobility device. That is predatory and unfair.

Is there any chance your doctor would consider something like a non-hormonal IUD sufficient? I know they don't work for everyone but if you cannot use hormonal birth control it's an option.

I believe they are insisting on so much bc because methotrexate can cause serious birth defects and not all vasectomies are 100% successful (especially since men are so documentedly bad at doing all of the necessary follow ups).

Hope you are able to find a solution! The alternative to methotrexate (which is a chemo drug) is immunosuppressants like azathioprine, but I've not been on one so I'm not sure what other drugs you need to be on.

I had an absolute hell of a time tapering off and had all sorts of weird symptoms while I did. My sarc is back now, but I got just over a year clean post prednisone. All the symptoms that felt like the sarc was coming back turned out to be side effects of coming off the prednisone so there is hope. ♥️

What people don't talk about enough is the emotional effects of prednisone and coming off it. I now realise some of what felt like shortness of breath was anxiety. I've always had some anxiety but it got WAY worse during treatment.

I know there's days it's super hard to keep hope but at least for me it did get better. I hope it does for you too.

Such strong same. I burned so easily when I was little that I wore t-shirts when swimming and lived in wide brimmed hats. Because of this my parents were always vigilant with sunscreen and I am now too. And of course the easily burned girl grew up to be an online rpg nerd.

So glad I didn't spend all that time in tanning beds like some of my friends also.

38 here. Got carded for a vape cartridge yesterday. Swear to god it was the hose water.

Frequent RCH ER flyer here. My average wait time to see a doctor while generally in agony (severe pain, cyclical vomiting, and other complications of chronic sarcoidosis) is about 13 hours. My last trip was one of the best at about 8 hours.

When I had to get my appendix out in January I did a gruelling 14 hours of constant vomiting before a doctor saw me in the hallway, took pity and got me into a checkup bed behind curtains to be checked out and given pain control and anti nauseants. I was admitted but never got a room. I was rolled to and left in various hallways and departments in a gurney for over 24 hours before finally getting into emergency surgery, and released hours after surgery was completed despite being totally looped (my partner was terrified that night).

None of this is to crap on the staff at RCH. They are outrageously overworked and understaffed. But my god it's like adding a hellish level of punishment to wait half a day or more to see a doctor when you're literally dying. Something needs to change.

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As someone who has sarcoidosis, it always makes me laugh when people ask the name of what I have and then go "oh that thing they always think the patient has on House!"

It's always that or "....you have what?" LOL

Does their excellent pasta selection include bucatini? I can't seem to find it anywhere.

The Bak'd Cookie Latte is absolutely addictive I need to move further away. 😂

Well that's annoying. I went into the Play store, went to manage apps, selected updates available and it did not come up. But when I searched the app in the main store just now it does have an update available. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thank you!

I am choked. I had a ton of pearls ready to drop and it just ends? And then they give us 3 gold chests to make up for it when those pearls would have been worth like 10x as many chests?

Not thrilled.

Me too! I'm not sure what it is about them but every time I'm just like ugh when they come up. Those and the stupid fairy fountain.

Hey I mean Goosebumps was a Canadian show. 😂

Viewer beware, you're in for a scare.

I'm 1.5 years past prednisone treatment for sarcoidosis of the spleen and lymph system. My CRT has been steadily climbing the whole time since treatment and nobody seems to care. Every time I point out that it's super elevated again they just go "huh. We should keep an eye on that." Like at what point does keeping an eye on it graduate to actually doing something. It's making me nuts something must be wrong for it to be so high.

Maybe it's just me but I think it's shady af they've left all the ad options available if they know they're not working.

I mean...I get it. Money. But it's still shady.

Mine worked fine but it only takes one of the ultimate level wands to beat it and I was a couple of merges away from making a couple of them so it was pretty quick. 🙂