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To: LindyBill who wrote (167962)	5/29/2006 3:54:20 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 793911

<<I took 100MG dosages daily of Prednisone for over a year. Got cataracts in both eyes and had to replace them with plastic lens. >> One of the drops I'm using 4 times a day for a week has Prednisone in it. A friend had the lens implant and developed a cataract on it. They lasered it off so fast he was still waiting for them to start. What got me was how fast the procedure is. They put a towel over my face that had a plastic section. The Dr. said he was cutting a hole in the plastic and a few seconds later said I was done. He said after doing a few thousand implants he had it down pretty good. This details the operation. medem.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (167962)	5/29/2006 4:06:35 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793911

Wow, that IS a lot of prednisone! Prednisone can save lives but the side effects can be truly terrible. I know a man who had to have both hips replaced because the prednisone caused bone thinning -- his Dr. didn't tell him to take calcium supplements. I keep a bottle of 10s in my medicine chest -- when my rheumatoid arthritis gets too bad I take one, once in a great while, maybe two, maybe a day or maybe 3, and the weight jumps right to my face and hips. Makes the pain in the joints go away, though. I say "taking prednisone is like making a deal with the devil -- you can't win." But the tradeoffs can be worth it, especially over the short run.