My head swelled up...to the point when someone asked me what was wrong with my head.
I was fatigued all the time. I was nausea regularly. Crackers, veggies and protein would relieve my upset stomach...sometimes. I was fortunate to not gain too much weight. The weight just fell off of me quickly.
The steroids did slow my wounds from healing...which may have helped in my recovery. Prior to the steroids, my wounds were healing and closing too quickly and then I would have burst after burst.
I did have relief eventually from pain. Once I was done with my steroids, my energy returned and a few abscesses. I have recover from this after 14 months and I have been in full recovery for 7 months.
I've heard about the "round face".
I got acne too, a bunch of tiny bumps on my forehead.
I also had anxiety and didn't realize it was from the steroids. The anxiety would cause me to feel like I couldn't breathe good.
Also I had a cough. Everyday I would cough for no reason at all (didn't gave an itchy throat, just coughed several times a day. I knew there was something not normal about it).
And constipation. If you're gonna do it, I know a lady on the forum a long time ago suggested reading "Coping with Prednisone".
I hated them, I had acne and moon face...hate steroids!