Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. They only started me on 15mg in October by January everyone noticed the change in my vocal cords. I thdn had to reduce down by 1mg per month. I am down to 8 mg at the moment which does not seem to be working have got terrible lower back pain affecting my walking . Last month I had phlebitis of the legs , treated in hospital followed by picking up the norovirus . So it has been a tough few weeks with more added drugs like blood thinners etc. I am coeliac , have osteoporosis and under active thyroid but until this was very fit , I do not drive but I walked everwhere and am only a small lady, but this has taken its toll on my body and also on my moods which are all over the place, which do not seem to settle in the same place. For having something I had never even heard off I am well aware now of not taking the life we have for granted .. a lesson learned there any way .