Tuesday

She's very tired at the moment might be cause she's been walking more than usual and the muscles on her right side have got rather painful cause they've moved round a tiny bit again cause of the walking and her ribcage has moved a bit with them.

I'm not sure how long it is since the steroid drips, must be about two years .. things were much worse back then and she couldn't walk very far at all,

I think it might be a good idea to do bone density scans if someone has been on high dose steroids at her age .. right after the menopause when I believe most calcium can be lost. She says she wasn't taking extra calcium and mightn;t;ve been taking her vitamin pill or going out or eating foods wirh much vit D in them for a while during the early part of the illness and could've occasionally forgot the bone sparing pill .. the Sunday one. Her muscles would still have tightened up though as she's allergic to steroids at that dosage. An allergy but one worth looking out for during the first drip .. it didn't get bad til the second so it's worth lo0king out for.

Anyway, while she can't get totally better .. things can improve.

And always remember that the bone sparing pills should be taken half an hour before food etc and four hours after it. Don't lie down after taking it and take it with a glass of water.