Hello all -- after doing really well for the past 2 years, on low dose prednisone and plaquinel, now have protein in my urine. Kidney biopsy says its focal proliferative nephritis, and need to begin immunosuppresion therapy.
The treatment will be Cellcept and oral Prednisone. I think the prednisone for the first 4 weeks will be 80mg per day, then slowly tapered afterwards.
I am very concerned about the large prednisone dose.
Can anyone tell me (roughly) when to expect to look like a beached whale with a big moon face after starting the prednisone?? Is there a time frame that I could use to schedule my hectic work schedule without looking like a beached whale and a time frame that I will probably be unrecognizable ? Will it take a couple of weeks before this transformation occurs? And will I be tempermental right away ? Are there any strategies to avoid gaining 50 pounds from the prednisone or is that pretty much unavoidable ? Am I going to want to crawl under a rock from the treatment side effects or will I be able to function full steam ahead???
Thanks for your advice -- Bogey.
The treatment will be Cellcept and oral Prednisone. I think the prednisone for the first 4 weeks will be 80mg per day, then slowly tapered afterwards.
I am very concerned about the large prednisone dose.
Can anyone tell me (roughly) when to expect to look like a beached whale with a big moon face after starting the prednisone?? Is there a time frame that I could use to schedule my hectic work schedule without looking like a beached whale and a time frame that I will probably be unrecognizable ? Will it take a couple of weeks before this transformation occurs? And will I be tempermental right away ? Are there any strategies to avoid gaining 50 pounds from the prednisone or is that pretty much unavoidable ? Am I going to want to crawl under a rock from the treatment side effects or will I be able to function full steam ahead???
Thanks for your advice -- Bogey.