Hello @casinokid1121 and @cajmorrison, Just thought I would chime in with my experience. My second occurrence of PMR has been in remission for more than six years now which is about the same amount of time between my first round with PMR so I'm hoping it doesn't come back. What helped me was keeping a daily log with my level of pain when I got up in the morning (0 to 10) and my dose of prednisone for the day. This was a suggestion from my rheumatologist. If my pain was greater than 2 and it was time to taper to the next lower level, I delayed tapering for a few days to see if the pain got better, if not or it got a little worse I bumped my dose of half of the previous taper down so that I wasn't going all the way back to the previous dosage.

You are so right Carol about listening to your body and doing it your way. You might find the following discussing interesting and/or helpful that confirms what I've always been told by my rheumatologist.
-- How to Slowly and Safely Taper Off Prednisone but ... no set rules.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules/
Here is another discussion started by @dadcue that I found quite good for helping to understand PMR.
-- Comprehensive Overview Of PMR: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/comprehensive-overview-of-pmr/