This storm, or rather this series of storms, has been killing me! I have had a lot of pain with it. I think it is because the pressure keeps changing. Last night I woke up and had to take Tylenol 3 because my knees hurt so bad.
Well yesterday was my appointment with my doctor to get the stitches out. That went well! And he said that everything looked good and healthy, no concerns! But my body is fed up with the prednisone now. I am retaining water, and that is bad. Prednisone not only makes you gain water weight, but it also increases your appetite and cravings, and makes you get fat too. I am having a hard time with the cravings. From the time I wake up until the time I go to bed, I CRAVE (not just want... have to have!) sugar. I am not that hungry, I just constantly have to have something sweet. Fruits work... but that gets expensive!! Sweet tea works most of the time, but chocolate is the best. I am geting concerned with the weight gain (30 lbs now) and the sugar part. So today I have an echo to make sure my heart is doing better, that the pressures are more normal, and so long as that is the case I get to start backing down off the prednisone. That is good for the sugar and weight... but my lupus may not like it so much. Once I am down on the prednisone we are going to chheck my sugars, just to make sure that it hasn't effected my insulin and such... I have type 2 diabetes in the family. Just what I would need to get!!
Tomorrow I go see my rheumatologist for a lupus check up. And I am making chicken kiev for dinner tomorrow. I haven't made that in a while!
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