My Mom's headaches come & go in intensity. In the big scheme of things they have never really gone away. She takes a couple of Norco/day on most days. If weaned off the Dexa too quickly, one can experience an increase in headaches. If there's continued swelling & one is not on enough steroid, that can cause headaches. It quite a balancing act. At the most my mom was on 12-16mg Dexa/day. It took 2 attempts to wean her off (resection was 10/07 with 6wks rad/Temodar) - she was finally steroid-free mid-March. She had Gamma Knife last Tues. & because of some increased ataxia/extremity weakness, she's on 8mg/day. The one thing we were watching for was steroid-induced myopathy (muscle weakness) with long-term steroid use. The pain in the legs - is he on any sort of chemo? After 2 rounds of Temodar, my mom has arthritic-like pain in the joints/muscles....
Nikki