I was never pain free before PMR was diagnosed. I didn't expect to be pain free after PMR was diagnosed.

It was more about the pain being "tolerable" when I tapered off prednisone. After I completely tapered off Prednisone ... the pain was still tolerable. Except for a couple of exceptions, the pain has been tolerable for 5 years. The exceptions were not because of PMR.

My rheumatologist says that I still have PMR but it isn't being treated with prednisone anymore.