Scattered Thoughts . . .

This evening was the last dose of my steroid therapy.  We're hoping this short term therapy will be enough to help me recover from the severe systemic mastocytosis anaphylactic episode I had last week and has been plaguing me on and off for the past week. The headaches which are perhaps the most common side effect of Prednisone started yesterday for me.  I had a headache all through the night last night and today the headache has been worse.  Needless to say, I'm glad that tonight was my last dose.   On the positive side, I am feeling a little more stable this evening.  I don't think I've had any breathing problems since last night...  so...  that would be the first 24 hour period without a seesawing back toward an anaphylactic low.  So, that is definitely good news.   I suspect the headaches will linger for a couple or few days and taper off slowly.  Headaches can be prevalent in systemic mastocytosis too but I'm hoping my headaches are due to the Prednisone since

Just about all of my "cold and flu" symptoms seem to be behind me but my level of fatigue is still quite overwhelming.  I spent just about all of this past weekend sleeping.  I awoke only to use the bathroom, eat and take medications.   I still have some minor symptoms of a cold...  some gunk in my nose and running down the back of my throat at times.  The fever has been gone for days though so that is good.  Headaches still come and go but are so minimal at this point that they are hardly worth mentioning.  I still get bouts of difficulty breathing but that could be due to my primary illness since I do experience this regularly anyway.  What I was experiencing a month or two ago, however, was well beyond my usual breathing problems (since being on medications to control these problems).  Overall, most of these untested, undiagnosed "cold and flu" symptoms seemed to have dissipated.  The fatigue is worse than usual though.  It is lingering.  It is overwhelming.