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@carnie16 - great advice. I agree that particularly in flares you need to get the sugar out of your diet.
I do worry about increasing from 7.5 to 8.5 in response to pain. To me that just makes the hopes of weaning more difficult. Again, I have RA not PMR. but I do use Prednisone on flares. I would always talk my my Rheumy. But if I didn’t have one, I would use the same logic going up as going down - small increments and using other mitigants - like reduced sugar.
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RA is quite a different disease. My rheum was telling me that PMR is not classified as a arthritis. The PMR disease process is not happening on the surfaces of our bones at the joints, creating permanent damage. PMR happens in connective tissues, particularly where connective tissues join muscles and bones, and typically does not lead to permanent bone damage. In fact, it may not lead to any permanent damage at all as it faces and wanes over the natural course of the disease.
Just wanted to point that out.
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Yes I do not eat or drink anything sugary. I’m into more of a Keto diet. No processed foods. My one weakness is wine. I went up just a half mg to 8. Feel a big difference today. Was able to lift weights n do yoga!