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



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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

April 18, 2009 at 7:39 AM
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

April 22, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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

April 23, 2009 at 6:47 PM
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

April 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM

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