Shar
Hi Ida, It's great to hear from you! If you truly do have PMR, it might go away. That is something to keep in the back of your mind. Are you feeling a bit better now on the 8mg of Prednisone? It can take a long time to adjust to any taper. I sure know that! I get fatigue something terrible when I taper, and if it doesn't improve after a month on a taper, I have to go up a little bit on the dose. Right now, I am on 10mg and doing better than I was for this past month or so on 9.5mg. Even the pain and swelling in my fingers and feet have decreased. I definitely am not as fatigued. For awhile there, I was needing 2 naps a day and still tired. I am much better now. Hurray! My foot is 70% healed and my orthopedist said I should wear the air cast boot for 3 more weeks, just to be on the safe side that I don't twist my foot and break it again. That's fine. The boot is easy enough to walk in. I go in for x-rays at that time. I hope you are feeling less fatigued. I know how awful that can be. I hate that more than the pain. Take good care, Ida. Shar