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Kevin's daughter, Sasha, passed away.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/11/daughter-of-rockets-coach-kevin-mchale-passes/

Alexandra “Sasha” McHale, the daughter of Rockets coach Kevin McHale, passed on Saturday. She was 22.

McHale has been on a leave of absence to be with his daughter and his family in Minneapolis since Nov. 10. His daughter has long battled lupus, an auto-immune disease, and was hospitalized with a related condition.

22 years old? Too soon. My prayers go out to Kevin and his family.

heartbreaking... very sad.

Unbelievably sad. McHale will forever be a Celtic and will forever be in the hearts of Celtics fans worldwide. My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family during this tough time. 22 is just way to young.

Absolutely awful news. A father and mother should never have to bury their kids. Thoughts and prayers to Kevin and his family. Rest in peace Sasha.

that is horrible, losing a kid is just a nightmare.

Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.





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This is really sad news. My prayers go out to Kevin, his wife, and his family.

So sad. 22 is way too young. Thoughts and prayers to the McHale family.

exculpatory wrote:Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.





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Always nice reading your analysis on medical things Ex. Even though a couple of words look like chinese to me. lol..thanks. Sounds pretty awful tho..=/

As a father with a sole daughter, I cannot imagine the devastation this would cause. My heart and prayers are with he and his family.

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Kevin's daughter, Sasha, passed away.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/11/daughter-of-rockets-coach-kevin-mchale-passes/

Alexandra “Sasha” McHale, the daughter of Rockets coach Kevin McHale, passed on Saturday. She was 22.

McHale has been on a leave of absence to be with his daughter and his family in Minneapolis since Nov. 10. His daughter has long battled lupus, an auto-immune disease, and was hospitalized with a related condition.

22 years old? Too soon. My prayers go out to Kevin and his family.

Sad story, my girlfriend had that disease 5 years ago, thank god he his alive and the disease is won.

Incredibly sad news.

Rest in peace, Sasha.

exculpatory wrote:Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.





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My girlfriend took tons of cortisone and gained 85 pounds in one month and a lot of side effects including the absence of the period, hair fall, insomnia... 4 year have passed and now is slowly regaining his life...

ermocrate wrote:

exculpatory wrote:Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.




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My girlfriend took tons of cortisone and gained 85 pounds in one month and a lot of side effects including the absence of the period, hair fall, insomnia... 4 year have passed and now is slowly regaining her life...

I am glad she is better. Hope she is being treated by a very good rheumatologist at a major medical center.

Glucocorticoid therapy (most often the synthetic glucocorticoid, prednisone) is very much what we call a "two-edged sword." There are many non-endocrine diseases (including autoimmune diseases like SLE) which, at some point, require/demand treatment with pharmacologic amounts of prednisone. However, as you described w your GF, there are innumerable adverse effects. "Damned if you use it; damned if you don't."

PS Amongst docs, when we say "steroids", we are usually referring to CATABOLIC steroids/glucocorticoids. When the average lay person uses the word "steroids", he is referring to ANABOLIC steroids (androgens like testosterone) used as PEDs.


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Very sad news. May her soul rest in peace.

exculpatory wrote:

ermocrate wrote:

exculpatory wrote:Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.




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My girlfriend took tons of cortisone and gained 85 pounds in one month and a lot of side effects including the absence of the period, hair fall, insomnia... 4 year have passed and now is slowly regaining her life...

I am glad she is better.

Glucocorticoid therapy (most often the synthetic glucocorticoid, prednisone) is very much what we call a "two-edged sword." There are many non-endocrine diseases (including autoimmune diseases like SLE) which, at some point, require/demand treatment with pharmacologic amounts of prednisone However, as you described w your GF, there are innumerable adverse effects. "Damned if you use it; damned if you don't."

PS Amongst docs, when we say "steroids", we are usually referring to CATABOLIC steroids/glucocorticoids. When the average lay person uses the word "steroids", he is referring to ANABOLIC steroids (androgens like testosterone) used as PEDs.


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Yes, my GF just give me her old medicines, he started taking 18 5mg of Prednisone per day, plus an amount of various other medicines during the cure, practically all of his platelets just disappear from his blood...

The though thing, beside the health, was that she was a brilliant radio producer and he was bound to go to Bejing with the Italian national team and all this just vanished... But she's here now an that's the most important thing...

ermocrate wrote:

exculpatory wrote:

ermocrate wrote:[quote="exculpatory"]Tragic & absolutely heartbreaking beyond all comprehension.

There are many forms of the autoimmune inflammatory disease, lupus - much more common in women, including sadly young women. '"Malignant" = "rapidly progressive" systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whacks the kidneys, heart & brain - aside from skin, joints, polyserositis, eyes etc. Patients require chronic protracted therapy with large amounts of prednisone & immunosuppressives - drugs with potentially devastating adverse effects in & of themselves.




Truth will lead us to #18 in June 2013!

My girlfriend took tons of cortisone and gained 85 pounds in one month and a lot of side effects including the absence of the period, hair fall, insomnia... 4 year have passed and now is slowly regaining her life...

I am glad she is better.

Glucocorticoid therapy (most often the synthetic glucocorticoid, prednisone) is very much what we call a "two-edged sword." There are many non-endocrine diseases (including autoimmune diseases like SLE) which, at some point, require/demand treatment with pharmacologic amounts of prednisone However, as you described w your GF, there are innumerable adverse effects. "Damned if you use it; damned if you don't."

PS Amongst docs, when we say "steroids", we are usually referring to CATABOLIC steroids/glucocorticoids. When the average lay person uses the word "steroids", he is referring to ANABOLIC steroids (androgens like testosterone) used as PEDs.


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Yes, my GF just give me her old medicines, he started taking 18 5mg of Prednisone per day, plus an amount of various other medicines during the cure, practically all of his platelets just disappear from his blood...

The though thing, beside the health, was that she was a brilliant radio producer and he was bound to go to Bejing with the Italian national team and all this just vanished...

But she's here now an that's the most important thing... [/quote]

Yup. That is most important.

The thrombocytopenia (low platelets) was either lupus-induced and/or due to simultaneous treatment with an immunosuppressive drug - NOT the truly massive 90 mg of prednisone.


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exculpatory wrote:

ermocrate wrote:Yes, my GF just give me her old medicines, he started taking 18 5mg of Prednisone per day, plus an amount of various other medicines during the cure, practically all of his platelets just disappear from his blood...

The though thing, beside the health, was that she was a brilliant radio producer and he was bound to go to Bejing with the Italian national team and all this just vanished...

But she's here now an that's the most important thing...

Yup. That is most important.

The thrombocytopenia (low platelets) was either lupus-induced and/or due to simultaneous treatment with an immunosuppressive drug - NOT the truly massive 90 mg of prednisone.


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Yes! She took the pills as a cure of the thrombocytopenia, I wrote it wrong...

I hope the C's will play with the Black Ribbon for the remainder of the season...

Sad, sad news.

And yes -- if you have to mess with Prednisone, there's a significant chance of bad side effects. I was lucky with my ulcerative colitis in that I could tolerate ANOTHER often bad-side-effect drug, which was a big issue until Asacol replaced what replaced the (ob)noxious Azulfidine, 20-25 years ago. But Prednisone and I didn't get along well at all.