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We have a home-care nurse coming to the house tomorrow to begin IV steroid therapy on my husband.

What can I expect from this? Aside from the obvious, i.e., he'll be hooked up to an IV, what sort of side effects will he experience? And in a broader sense, what sort of impact will this have, in the various areas of his life over the next week. And what about long-term? Is there anyone out there who has had personal experience with this? What was your experience...if you don't mind my asking.

And thanks in advance!
Sarah

It all depends on the steroid...I was on solumedral and did fine w/ it ffor a while...it was good mentally & physically until my body created antibodies to thwart its efficacy. Others on TIMS have had bad reactions to it,... what ms comes down to is that it is a very personal experience as well as a communal.....

H