I was very excited about cutting back the Prednisone. The taper from 25 to 22.5 went relatively well. I had a small flare and then everything was good. So I did the math in my head and I was thinking... I could be off Prednisone in a month ( Read more... )

I'm down to 22.5 mg. I tapered Saturday and now OUCH my eyes ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning and it was a good eye day. This is significant because this week I cut back 5 mg on the prednisone. It means I'm ready to cut back again some more this weekend ( Read more... )

It's 8 AM and it's already hard to walk ( Read more... )

Things have gotten better since Thursday ( Read more... )

I have gotten my thyroid stabilized again with a combination of anti-thyroid drug and an herbal drug that blocks the antibodies. Bugle weed is supposed to help with the eye disease too. It's a component in the ThyroidCalm drug I'm taking. I have ordered the straight up liquid form of it online and I'm waiting for it to get here. I will switch ( Read more... )

Yesterday and today were rough ( Read more... )

So I admit, I have been feeling pretty sorry for myself. Whoa is me my knees and ankles hurt, my Graves' is eating my eyes, they're gonna pop ( Read more... )

Could be worse. My eyeballs could already be popping out of their sockets. I have a feeling they are on their way ( Read more... )

My eyes really hurt today. I made it to about 11 at work and then they were killing me. I went home. I slept for an hour with goo in my eyes and that helped ( Read more... )