It's Tuesday 11 July 12.43 am. I should be asleep. Today is my last 1mg Pred. From Wed it's HC only. At first, I decided to call these awful new tablets...HORRIBLE CURSE. IF I am to be on them long-term, that's not really what I want hanging over me. I have changed it to..H for the Consultant and C for me. I would be lying if I said I wasn't anxious. It was not my idea to jump from 2 mg Pred to zero, in 2 weeks. I had, successfully, tapered from 3mg to 2mg with PMRpros wonderful DSNS method.
The worst side-effects from HC are the tummy aches, and, no, I don't want any more pills. I am also extremely irritable and irritated, for the most part, with myself. When I asked my GP what would happen in the event of headaches returning, he was flippant, over the phone, and said'just come to the surgery' Whatever for? He knows zilch about GCA. He also mumbled about me being on Pred for far too long, and should've been off them a long time ago...boring..change the record.
So, a new chapter begins Wed. I refuse to put the 20 year label, as length of time to be on HC, per the GP, on myself. I will set no target. Am waiting for Endocrine appt, and making list of questions for the Consultant who has never seen/spoken to me.
How do I know if and when gca has left? IF headaches should return, is it back to Pred? You'd think after 12 years, I could answer my own questions, but I feel as if my 'comfort blanket' has been taken from me. My Neuro handed me over to my GP, when I was on 3mg.The Endo is concerned with the adrenals, and nobody for GCA, any more. It's now after 1.00 am, so I'll sleep on it.