Shar
Hi Ida, I'm sorry that you didn't get to see your doctor because of a snowstorm. How are you feeling now that you are back up to 9mg on your Prednisone? Does that disease have similar symptoms to PMR? Does it cause the sed rate to go up too? I had such a bad relapse with my recent Prednisone taper, that I had to go up to 17.5mg on the dose, to get my fatigue and pain under control. The odd thing is, that my setback didn't show up until a good two weeks after I tapered. Then, my pain and swelling just kept getting worse over the course of another two weeks. I finally gave up on the taper and went back up to 15mg, but that wasn't enough to get things under control. That is why I ended up at 17.5mg. I will try once again to taper, but by 1/2 mg at a time. It seems like a never ending battle! I hope you are doing okay now, Ida. Let me know how everything is for you. I hope you have a very Happy Easter! Take good care. Shar