Hello @sjf1024, I would like to add my welcome along with @dadcue @tuckerp and others. If you aren't already doing it, I would suggest keeping a daily log with your level of pain when you wake up along with your dose of prednisone for the day. It helped me while I was tapering off of prednisone. I usually woke up with something in the level of 0 to 2 for aches/pain while tapering until I was up and moving around which helped with the symptoms. Everyone is different when it comes to acceptable level of pain so I'm sure other members will share their experience.

Do you mind sharing what your starting dose of prednisone was and what was suggested for a tapering schedule?