Hi,
Thanks for letting me join your forum. I will be 50 this October, and have been out of work for the last nine months. Already knew I had high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, localized osteoarthritis, hypogonadism, and a very touchy stomach. Around the beginning of 2012, I started taking all my vacation and sick time, too tired to even get out of bed a lot of the time. Did not wish to eat as much, normal stomach issues for me. I have never felt this worn down in my life. Tons of blood work done, cardiolite stress test for cardio function, left ventrical output was 54. Next sent to endo. I was checked for morning cortisol levels, they were low, so I had a cortosyn stimulation test to see if my adrenals were working normally. I was told my adrenal glands were weak, put on 5 mg of Prednisone per day, then it was changed to 30 mg of hydrocortisone per day. About 3 months into this I was sent to a GI dr for a colonoscopy. Some polyups were removed, along with some tissue samples. No cancer found. No signs of active crohns, drinking the gallon of prep, I think called Go Lightly, was not fun. At 5am I was passing blood and mucous. Months later, I am no better, so I ask my GP, "Would all the hydrocortisone I was on at the time of the colonoscopy masked Crohn's? I quit taking all of that hydrocortisone 2 months ago after a specialist told me there was no way I had Addisons or Adrenal Insuff. The end of the long story, my GP said there were reliable bloodtests we could do to check for Crohns and since my sister has it for sure, we should check. When the tests came back, she said with all my symptoms, and the test results, she was sure I had it. She wrote a script for 5mg of Pred. for 2 weeks, then dosed down to 2.5mg per day. I also an supposed to drink something called Prevalite powder once a day. My questions, can 2.5mg of Prednisone make a 6'3" 250lb man feel emotional? Do I need to take it every day? It almost seems like my gut hurts more now, that I do not have the runs every day. Could anyone give me a link to a few websites that will show me foods that are safe to eat. I cannot eat or drink any milk products or corn. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for letting me join your forum. I will be 50 this October, and have been out of work for the last nine months. Already knew I had high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, localized osteoarthritis, hypogonadism, and a very touchy stomach. Around the beginning of 2012, I started taking all my vacation and sick time, too tired to even get out of bed a lot of the time. Did not wish to eat as much, normal stomach issues for me. I have never felt this worn down in my life. Tons of blood work done, cardiolite stress test for cardio function, left ventrical output was 54. Next sent to endo. I was checked for morning cortisol levels, they were low, so I had a cortosyn stimulation test to see if my adrenals were working normally. I was told my adrenal glands were weak, put on 5 mg of Prednisone per day, then it was changed to 30 mg of hydrocortisone per day. About 3 months into this I was sent to a GI dr for a colonoscopy. Some polyups were removed, along with some tissue samples. No cancer found. No signs of active crohns, drinking the gallon of prep, I think called Go Lightly, was not fun. At 5am I was passing blood and mucous. Months later, I am no better, so I ask my GP, "Would all the hydrocortisone I was on at the time of the colonoscopy masked Crohn's? I quit taking all of that hydrocortisone 2 months ago after a specialist told me there was no way I had Addisons or Adrenal Insuff. The end of the long story, my GP said there were reliable bloodtests we could do to check for Crohns and since my sister has it for sure, we should check. When the tests came back, she said with all my symptoms, and the test results, she was sure I had it. She wrote a script for 5mg of Pred. for 2 weeks, then dosed down to 2.5mg per day. I also an supposed to drink something called Prevalite powder once a day. My questions, can 2.5mg of Prednisone make a 6'3" 250lb man feel emotional? Do I need to take it every day? It almost seems like my gut hurts more now, that I do not have the runs every day. Could anyone give me a link to a few websites that will show me foods that are safe to eat. I cannot eat or drink any milk products or corn. Thanks for your help.
