Piercing and Steroids

I have Multiple Sclerosis. I get IV Solumedrol every 3 months. I want to
get my nipples pierced. I have read that people on immune supressants are
more prone to infections after a piercing. Solumedrol is not a heavy duty
immune supressant like chemotherapy or other drugs like that. My steroids
have never made me sick or a small exposure to a germ has not led to an
illness. I got a PA 15 years ago before I was ever on steroids and had a
much better time of it than other stories I have heard. Would my Solumedrol
keep me from getting pierced?

After reading RAB and occasionally posting to it after over 10 years my ISP
is getting rid of its USENET server at the end of this month. I will miss
all of you.

Fred.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:40:05 GMT, Fred <none@none.none> wrote:

>I have Multiple Sclerosis. I get IV Solumedrol every 3 months. I want to
>get my nipples pierced. I have read that people on immune supressants are
>more prone to infections after a piercing. Solumedrol is not a heavy duty
>immune supressant like chemotherapy or other drugs like that. My steroids
>have never made me sick or a small exposure to a germ has not led to an
>illness. I got a PA 15 years ago before I was ever on steroids and had a
>much better time of it than other stories I have heard. Would my Solumedrol
>keep me from getting pierced?

I would speak to your doctor about this - whichever one runs the
Solumdrol. I know that most aren't all that piercing friendly, but if
you choose your words carefully you might get a considered opinion and
possibly some assistance. People on immunosuppressives do end up
getting elective/minor surgery, so it shouldn't be too hard to give
some advice about your choice of timing, should you have some
prophylactic treatment, etc. Or, for that matter, whether or not they
think it completely ill-considered.

>After reading RAB and occasionally posting to it after over 10 years my ISP
>is getting rid of its USENET server at the end of this month. I will miss
>all of you.

What a gracious good-bye, Fred.

nj" "m
--
"His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy..."

Fred wrote:
> I have Multiple Sclerosis. I get IV Solumedrol every 3 months. I want to
> get my nipples pierced. I have read that people on immune supressants are
> more prone to infections after a piercing. Solumedrol is not a heavy duty
> immune supressant like chemotherapy or other drugs like that. My steroids
> have never made me sick or a small exposure to a germ has not led to an
> illness. I got a PA 15 years ago before I was ever on steroids and had a
> much better time of it than other stories I have heard. Would my Solumedrol
> keep me from getting pierced?
>
> After reading RAB and occasionally posting to it after over 10 years my ISP
> is getting rid of its USENET server at the end of this month. I will miss
> all of you.
>
> Fred.
Checking with your doctor on this is essential, IMO, Fred.

Also, keep in mind that there is always Google Groups if you want
to keep in touch with the now sleepy RAB. And there are several
usenet hosts-for-a-fee - I use Giganews.

Good luck, and MS is why we ride...

--
Bill Halstead |
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Willyboy <willyboy@one.net> wrote in
news:d7d06$4c28a777$927a286e$21196@FUSE.NET:

> Fred wrote:
>> I have Multiple Sclerosis. I get IV Solumedrol every 3 months. I want
>> to get my nipples pierced. I have read that people on immune
>> supressants are more prone to infections after a piercing. Solumedrol
>> is not a heavy duty immune supressant like chemotherapy or other
>> drugs like that. My steroids have never made me sick or a small
>> exposure to a germ has not led to an illness. I got a PA 15 years ago
>> before I was ever on steroids and had a much better time of it than
>> other stories I have heard. Would my Solumedrol keep me from getting
>> pierced?
>>
>> After reading RAB and occasionally posting to it after over 10 years
>> my ISP is getting rid of its USENET server at the end of this month.
>> I will miss all of you.
>>
>> Fred.
> Checking with your doctor on this is essential, IMO, Fred.
>
> Also, keep in mind that there is always Google Groups if you want
> to keep in touch with the now sleepy RAB. And there are several
> usenet hosts-for-a-fee - I use Giganews.
>
> Good luck, and MS is why we ride...
>

I just registered with http://news.eternal-september.org. They are free and
I'm back. They don't have binaries, so I'll have to find another way to
view the binary bodyart group.

Fred.