PredniSONE and health problem

I'm a 37 year old female and have severe asthma and allergies and have used pregnisone on and off for 30 years. I believe I am the poster child for the long term side effects. My immune system is shot to the point that my normal medicines for asthma (ventolin, advair) and allergies (tylenol sinus, claritan, visine A) and ezcema (elidel, hydrocortisone, etc. - - NOTHING works!

In the past 6 months, I have developed various infections that the doctors have not been able to identify. My eyes are swollen and red with large amount of white/yellow secretions. Vaginal secretions. Face swollen. Skilled covered in a rash with ezcema out of control. Sharp pains in my back and stomach. Constant asthma. Abnormal hair growth. It is to the point that it is impossible to function and each doctor just wants to prescribe more pregnisone. I feel as if my body is a walking time bomb and it is so full of all the cortisone from over the years and has just decided no more.

I admit that I too readily believed in the doctors when they would rapidly prescribe the pregnisone. Only now am I paying attention to the long term side effects.

Has anyone had tests done to test their immune system and other organs for damage? Thanks and best to our pregnisone club.

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis back in August of 2004. I am currently off the Prednisone but I've had lasting affects. I am 14 years old and now out of school and being taught by a teacher that comes to my house. You can guess how bad the side effects got that now I'm at home. At one point for close to four weeks, I could not walk/get out of bed at all, or not even shower. I was in such pain that my back felt like it was going to fall apart. I am not sure what caused this but things happen. I also was diagnosed with a severe case of acne fulminans. If you want to see what I looked like at one point, take a look at google under acne fulminans. Now, thanks to my wonderful dermatoligist, I am back to the way my face used to look before I had this happen to me. I wish all other patients who are currently taking this mediciation the best of luck with their health problem. Till next time, Daniel.