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So Confused

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Friday I had cat scan of my jaw. I was given 150 mgs extra prednisone due to my itchy reaction to contrast. Here is the issue.... I still have jaw pain n hips hurt. Still have same small headache for last week. This was with my 20mgs plus so 170 mgs for the day.

So what the heck is going on?

One great thing is nothing showed on cat scan. I had large melanoma on cheek it was in situ which means they got it all ....

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Good grief Lin-calif! Did they have to peel you off the ceiling? 😱

Good news about the melanoma. Good luck with the cat scan results. Let us know. X

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The cat scan didn’t show anything. Geez enough with all the tests.

Thinking maybe I have some sort of arthritis.... just too puzzling.

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scats

Here's hoping they get it sorted soon. Good luck.

Besure and check your kidneys,not saying now but back in the day a lot of patients had to go on dialysis because the kidneys couldn't filter the dye....

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Thanks for the heads up on kidneys.

I was so groggy I could hardly stay awake these last two days. Anesthesia seems to knock me out for days.

So going from 150 mgs day of procedure to my day dose of 15mgs well it is hard to figure what pain is what. I am going to roll with it stay in bed if I want and see how it turns around by next week.🐈

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