Cortisone Intake
In 2017, after completing my new cortisone intake, I wanted to convey a process to you right away with the article I wrote. The experience might have aged, but the events and narratives are 100% real!
Greetings! Here I am, feeling relieved after just getting through an attack phase and anxious about switching to a new medication.
The topic I particularly want to emphasize regarding the cortisone period is dietary habits! The reasons and how-tos are below;
These writings are for you if you take cortisone at home or go to a health center for cortisone infusions. Otherwise, if you are receiving treatment in the hospital, the food they bring you is unsalted. But you should still be careful with bread. When I was taking cortisone in the hospital for the initial diagnosis, we read the ingredients of the packaged bread they brought, and it contained salt, so I didn’t eat it. You should read the ingredients on the package. Don’t drink soda; it also contains sodium.
I never gained weight in any of my cortisone experiences. First of all, I am an overweight person. I have never looked like a model, but I am happy with my prominent features. With my body prone to gaining weight, I manage somehow with yoga and walks. Still, the reason I didn’t gain weight on cortisone is
DEFINITELY BECAUSE I CUT OUT SALT.
Salt-free bread, food, buttermilk, drinks, everything! Really everything. Don’t say, “Food can’t be without salt” 🙂 Add your spices but no salt. Okay, I agree that usually, you can’t cook your food because you are going through an attack, you’re tired, and your movement is restricted due to the intravenous line in your hand.
Your loved ones should definitely make your food without salt. Your health is more important than anyone’s fuss during this period. The household can sprinkle salt on their portion of the food, but you shouldn’t.
Along with cortisone, they gave me a stomach protector to prevent it from affecting my stomach. Maybe my stomach is sensitive, or everyone gets it, I don’t know.
So, I also avoided foods and drinks that would strain my stomach. Let me list the foods that caused me gas and pain during this period;
Yogurt! (I was very surprised when I discovered this)
Meals with celery
Meals with leeks
Cucumber-tomato salad
Apart from these, I didn’t eat well-known gas-producing foods (like lentils, chickpeas, etc.). The best food was rice with chicken (grilled or boiled, definitely not fried).
Even though rice is not part of my regular diet, I ate it while taking cortisone because the body doesn’t want much at that moment, and I didn’t shy away from the small things it wanted, as long as they were salt-free 🙂
Of course, soups would probably be good during this period, but we didn’t think of it, so we didn’t try.
After the cortisone treatment, I ate salt-free for one more day and then started eating normally. Still, my stomach was upset due to the attack I had and the cortisone I took, so our variety of foods didn’t increase much.
Now, it’s been 12 days since the end of the cortisone treatment, and my stomach has settled. This time, the attack occurred in my balance center, so my dizziness didn’t stop until I took cortisone. But now, my dizziness has completely stopped. I still don’t dare to go out alone; I haven’t yet heard the “you’re completely healed now” word from the doctor 🙂 But it’s close.
After all, one tends to be a bit cautious about themselves.
MS is not a disheartening disease; you just have to be calm, keep yourself calm, take deep breaths, and know that the attack you are experiencing now will also pass.
Besides being a short article I wrote like a diary in 2017, I actually wanted to touch on how one should eat while taking cortisone.
You shouldn’t be afraid of taking cortisone, thinking that any attack you’re having will pass without the intervention of a doctor. You should know that you don’t have the luxury of saying, “I don’t want to take cortisone.” You didn’t choose MS, of course, but since it’s a part of your life. There are some things you can try to avoid attacks, but definitely not avoiding cortisone without your doctor’s knowledge!
It would be best if you worked as a team with your doctor. You must communicate all developments and move in sync. Don’t make life miserable for yourself. Try to maintain a healthy and calm mind. Everything will work out one way or another. 🙂
