Posted by Richard on August 27, 1998 at 10:10:24:
Finally, the headaches are gone. Yet another cluster cycle under my belt. To summarize, my cycle lasted about 60 days. The longest to date. My recipe for living with them was Oxygen and Prednisone. It is important to start with an 80 mg. shot. The first taper I did not start with the shot and continued to have clusters. Went back to the doctor and he started the taper of Prednisone over again. This time with an 80 mg. shot. Never had another headache. I went through a total of 42 days of Prednisone. After two weeks of no madications and no headaches, I had my first alcoholic drink. If I was still in my cycle, that would have striggered it immerdiately. Nothing happened!!! THANK GOD!.
In closing, thanks to all of you who have posted messages, voiced your ideas, opinions and advice. This site has been a GOD send for me and so have each of you. Bless you all and hoping everyone pain-free days ahead. See you in 2000!