I have done well and lost a stone...done face excercises and so face getting slimmer...but this darn neck hump thing. Doc says it sould start to go under 10mg...well I am only just at 9...
Anyone know when this buffalo hump might go
It will go - just be patient! And the doc is wrong - everyone is different and some people don't lose any weight until they are off pred altogether, others can lose it at higher doses. But well done at losing a stone - I found the first weight to go was the last to arrive so the hump did take longer than the rest...
Please explain the hump, my GP sending me for ultrasound for swollen neck and shoulder?
What diet did you follow please and face excercises?
thanks Eileen...I think it's true about weight loss. It's been A real struggle and up and down etc for three months. Have a stone to go...I've eaten really low carbs to do it...almost Atkins. Seems it's the only one that works, I guess due to the action of the pred.
Jilly I do a few different exercises but can leave the links ...will try to find what they are called on you tube. I downloaded a programme to my iPad...only five pounds and it works. I also do the tanaka massage,. Also the hump is swelling around the neck and upper back as it meets the neck... Looks like a little hump.
thanks Eileen for reminding me it's will go. I hate it...have grown my hair to hide it now it's summer.
The hump is an accumulation of fat due to the corticosteroids which is just at the base of the neck. It is commonly seen in patients with Cushing's disease and also forms in patients taking pred. You'll find all sorts of pictures of it on the internet.
I hope the GP realises that - or maybe he has found other puffiness that he thinks may be inflammation.
Yes - any time I eat more carb than just salad and veg I don't lose weight. And yes - almost Atkins! I suppose if I tried totally Atkins I might lose a bit quicker but not going there. I'm now just into "overweight" rather than "obese" and would like to get to a BMI of 27.5 but will stop there - if I make it. At least going slow does seem to avoid hanging chucks of skin!
PS - forgot to say - I doubt you will get that sort of link approved for public posting. Send it by private message to anyone who wants - click on the envelope under the person's avatar.
Eileen I agree about the skin. I do have some on my stomach but not too bad. I agree, unless it's salad and veg, plus protein of course, it stops losing and one Biscuit can cause a couple of pounds to reappear . I guess as you say, it's the temporary cushings. I do hope I won't have to eat like that forever. I used to be so thin.
The he humo for summer is not great...lucky I grew my (thinning) hair to cover it as bets I can. So attrative with extra facial hair, hump, fat Tim and face....well like I say the face has gone down to almost normal with the excercises and massage. A lady on another site has helped the hump to go down with massage too. Another is now on 7mg and days the weight is now falling off. I hope That happens for me. As you say we are all so different.
i meant to say I can't leave a link...iPad changed that. The massage is called tanaka massage on you tube. The excercises are aprogramme many of which are on you tube by face works and are excellent giving your face a bit of a lift too. I add to that another small set. You can google it by typing YouTube three face excercises.
excuse my iPad...it seems to change words without my consent 
Has your iPad caught pred brain fog? 
I hate hate hate my hump too and have also grown my hair in an attempt to hide it!. I've recently developed a humpy lump at front of my neck!! There's the lump under my chin... then my neck then another lump! Just above collar bone.... Oh please... What a state!
I'm just about to attempt a slow reduction to 9mg. They need to be thinking about going, not creating more!!?..
Shiela I hear you....lumps, bumps, facial hair ..... It's just the pitS
No hump here but would love to reduce the midrift!!
John - I doubt you would have been bothered by the facial hair bit either 
Mine was on a par with my husband's beard - and dark which was the worst bit. I've been naturally platinum blonde for over 20 years!
Sheilamac - I would have given a lot to grow my hair to hide it but my hair stopped growing! And went all frizzy and wouldn't do ANYTHING anyone wanted it to!
However - it's back to normal, no frizz and almost shoulder length 
Beard and lots of weight gone - and still on pred. It DOES get better...
Would love some black hair mines all white - or whats left of it!! I've always been the envy of my wife as I have no hair at all on my legs!! No I don't shave them either
I started will Eileen are you saying this facial hair will go? I mean I am dark skinned so had a little and now I epilate every day. What level of pred are you on?
By the way, my hair has gone curly...very weird....mine did stop growing till I started using coconut oil with rosemary drops....it's still very thin though. We do sound an attractive bunch
Funny - OH has very smooth legs too. But I've always assumed it never recovered after chemotherapy 21 years ago - I can't remember before...
John I want your legs.....I think
The hair or lack of it - OK, but I doubt if you want the rest!!