Blog changes

Thanks to everyone who followed Training Because I Can! over the last nine years. This blog started with Addison's Disease, hypothyroidism and a crazy idea of doing an Ironman distance triathlon. My life has changed and so has this blog. I am using this blog strictly for Addison's Support topics from here on out. I hope to continue providing people with hints for living life well with adrenal insufficiency.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Chronicle of an illness with Addison's: Adjusting meds for illness


Quick rundown:
  • Monday - pain, itching from pain meds, exhaustion, pain, no short term memory what so ever
  • Tuesday - pain, itching, exhaustion, pain
  • Wednesday - no pain, cautiously optomistic, did desk work
  • Thursday - no pain, back to caretaking, meetings and driving all around
  • Friday - no pain, tired and healed enough to take a weekend vacation
In case you're curious, I haven't run since Wednesday 4/8/09.  Today I did a little 1.5 mile jog.  I'm still tired.



Med adjustments in chart below.  Remember, I'm no doctor and I don't recommend that you do anything I do.  I am just sharing what I did.  I go by symptoms and judge whether or not I think my exhaustion is reasonable considering my situation or unreasonable and because of Addison's.  If I feel really bad tonight or in the next few days, I will not hesitate to take extra hydrocortisone.

7 day course of Levaquin and...


HC
Florinef
Probiotics
Fluids
USUAL DOSES
25-35 mg*
.025 mcg
2 PB8*
3 -4 quarts
Monday
55 mg*
.05 mcg
8 PB8*
4-5 quarts
Tuesday
40 mg*
.05 mcg
4 PB8*
4 quarts
Wednesday
35 mg*
.025 mcg
4 PB8*
4 quarts
Thursday
30 mg*
.025 mcg
4 PB8*
3 quarts
Friday
30-35 mg*
.025 mcg
4 PB8*
4 quarts
* IN DIVIDED DOSES THROUGH OUT THE DAY



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry that you have been feeling bad. I usually double my HC dose when I'm sick.Perhaps you are not taking enough HC? Thank you for putting together a wonderful Addison's site.
dottie

Unknown said...

Hey Dottie,

You are probably right, I'm probably not taking enough HC. For some reason, I have an inability to see that I need to up my HC until after! Hindsight is 20/20.

Thanks for the complement!

:) Dusty

Anonymous said...

Hi..I'm not sure where to post a question. Do any Addison's patients that view this site take DHEA? Any information that ya'll can share with me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Dottie

Unknown said...

Dottie, you might want to post this question on my bulletin board www.addisonssupport.com. I've got a great journal abstract about DHEA and adrenal insufficiency. Email me for it (haven't posted it to my site yet!) contact@addisonssupport.com

Dusty