This is my 3rd bout. My starting dose was 10 and I never needed to go higher. I am now on 1, tapering to 1/2. The advice I got was to do range of motion exercise, avoid overdoing. I walk, go to aerobics and do gardening and lawn work. At one point, I was removing hostas, jumping on a shovel and also kneeling on concrete, planting flowers next to a driveway and ended up with a severely swollen knee, which curtailed my activities for a long time. So would suggest you not overdo. Otherwise, I still enjoy all these activities and have obtained what I call a “little old lady” gardening bench which I sit on to weed or plant.