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Sitting at 3mg prednisone. Yes, I am feeling achy in the morning. Is this low grade pmr or normal old age wear and tear problems or the low cortisol tapering effect. Would a biologic to get below 3 mg get approved? I imagine I have more than 1 interleukin related issues.
Yes, my case is complicated. I was diagnosed with AMD a long time ago. Turns out it's not AMD, it's macular dystrophy. It's genetic in nature. It's worse in my left eye. I have also developed severe hearing loss in my left ear. Seems to me to he related. Then pmr comes along, then the cppd, then the vestibular migraines, then the Achilles tendonosis tendonitis. A lot of dots to connect if there is a mastermind out there to connect them. I've had other problems along the way like gallstones and a grapefruit size fibroid and thyroid nodules. Seems like more than the average person's list of complaints. I have just taken one problem at a time, curve balls being thrown at me. One day at a time, that's all you can do.
I am hoping to be able tapering below 3 mg somehow or maybe just be able to stay at 3mg.
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It sounds like you need to stabilise at 3mg for a while, as per your doctor's advice. I hope your aches resolve quickly.
I understand your frustration with a series of ailments appearing. Me too. When you asked whether the things might be related or of they are just part of aging, I flashed back 50yrs to when my grandfather, then around 70, had a series of ailments over a few years. My father and his siblings watched on as each new problem needed another medication or hospitalisation. I recall my father asking my grandfather, "Are you sick, or just old?" Fifty years later, it's the same question we're asking ourselves, and like my father did with his father, our children are probably wondering too. There is nothing new under the sun.