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I wonder if I have rushed things. I started reducing from 30mg in mid July to 7.5 mg which I started Oct 13th. My family Dr (no Rheumatologist here) said to decrease to a level where pain is "manageable". My morning discomfort has increased (left hip, ribs, and thigh and right bicep and elbow) and I wonder if I should bump prednisone by 1mg to 8.5 instead? Any thoughts?
I have an appt for my flu shot Nov 5 and will get Covid shot for sure when due in December. In the last month Covid has really hit a lot of my neighbors. It seems to be a harsher strain of the virus. One neighbor has other health issues that were greatly exacerbated by getting Covid. One of her issue is a rheumatoid one and she is still stuggling after 3 weeks. I'm not taking any chances, I'm getting these shots and masking with KN95s when going out in public.
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I started on 15mg and started exercising again after a month, just small amounts and light weights but it was a start. I had a problem when I went from 12.5-10mg as that was on the standard list of tapering I was given. Had to increase up to 11mg for 6 weeks then start dropping by 1mg every six weeks. Only waited 5 weeks on last taper and doing well on 8mg. Going to drop to 7.5 on the 3rd day of week 4 ready for 7mg the week after. My left shoulder does complain in the morning but a swim really sorts that out, I thought it would be impossible to swim front crawl again but I was actually faster then before PMR and all stiffness pain goes away. If your hip is playing up aqua jogging and cycling movements in a pool would help.