Hi Tania‚
Sorry to hear of your suffering‚
You have said you are going in to hospital for steroid treatment‚ I have not been to hospital for this treatment but have taken large doses of steroid at home for much longer than the recommended time frame.
The steroid I use is Prednisolone and I have taken 125mg daily for up to 4 months then slowly reducing at the same time I take Verapamil 240mg daily.
The side effects are severe -
Feel sick all the time
moon face
constipation
extreme hunger
extreme weight gain (I gained about 15Kg in 6 months)
sore joints
\This is just off the top of my head‚ you will also need to have bone density tests if you use steroid for long periods.
It can also bring on diabetes to list just 1 disease.
Try anything and if nothing else works good luck‚ I will do it again because it certainly dulls the pain.
I also use oxygen during the cycle
Regards
David