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Prednisone for radiation pneumonitis

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jan 12 9:36am | Replies (20)
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@tumanic

I’ve had pneumonitis twice follow SBRT. Each time the prednisone treatment ran about 6 months starting at 60mg. It does a fabulous job of relieving breathing issues but the side affects are difficult. Dr. Google can give you the full list of the side affects, I had them all. The surprise for me was diabetes, I felt so ill I went to ER with blood sugar so high they had to use a special method to measure my blood sugar, over 750.

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dougmck | @dougmck | Jan 10 11:47am

It seems to be helpful for me during the day but I'm still waking up with quite a bit of chest congestion. The ER doc prescribed me five days' worth and I'm only on my third day of taking it. I'm not exactly convinced that after I finish it the pneumonitis will be gone.

Have you also experienced no sense of taste or smell with the pneumonitis? At first I thought I had covid, but I tested myself and so did the ER and I was negative. I can't taste or smell anything.

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