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Gwen Love - 05 Aug 2004 00:06 GMT

My PET scan did not indicate any inflamation in my lungs, sed rate was
normal and ANA did not indicate lupus.
He called what I have something I can't remember, said it is rare but that
is what it is. He gave me a choice of going on as I am, with resting as I
need to, or to go on 20 mg prednisone daily for 6 weeks. Considering my
medical history of ulcer and IBS, he warned of the side effects (of which I
am aware) so I decided for the time being to go on with taking rests as
needed. He will follow in 3 months with another CT scan and breathing tests
to see what changes have developed. If I decide I want to take the pred, I
can let him know.
Gwen

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Evelyn Ruut - 05 Aug 2004 02:28 GMT

> My PET scan did not indicate any inflamation in my lungs, sed rate was
> normal and ANA did not indicate lupus.
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> can let him know.
> Gwen

Dear Gwen,

Thanks for updating us, and I am so glad you are posting again.
Sounds like you have made a sound decision.
From what I know prednisone is a difficult drug.
I know a lady who took it and it killed the tips of her hip bones.
She had to get replacements. Scary stuff.

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Evelyn

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Squirrely - 06 Aug 2004 10:00 GMT

Gwen, I am glad you had no inflamation in your lungs. I hope the pred does
the trick to get you to breathing better again.

Oh sorry I just read the part about you doing it witih no pred. I hope the
rest is enough to stop it.

I hope your next ct comes back ok too

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Squirrely Jo (the squirrely one)

> My PET scan did not indicate any inflamation in my lungs, sed rate was
> normal and ANA did not indicate lupus.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> can let him know.
> Gwen

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Nann Bell - 10 Aug 2004 01:12 GMT

((((((Gwen))))))) leave it to someone in this group to get someting unusual.
praying for the best for you.

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Mare - 12 Aug 2004 00:48 GMT

Hi Gwen,
Glad to hear from you. Hope things improve for you soon.

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> My PET scan did not indicate any inflamation in my lungs, sed rate was
> normal and ANA did not indicate lupus.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> can let him know.
> Gwen

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