Update. I finished my taper last week but already knew it didn't work. Pain started again at 5 mg prednisone. My crp was 167 and esr 79. So I started back at 10 mg. It works during the day but wears off at night. The pain at night and early am is excruciating; knees, ankles, elbows and back. In am I take a tramadol and the prednisone. I plan to contact my primary today to find out what increased dose of prednisone I should be on. I should also be on a disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs (dmard) like methotrexate but can't find a rheumatologist. Has anyone been through this? Does it ever get better?

Its so hard to accept that i came through surgery, chemo and immunotherapy fine just to have this happen 2 months after I finished keytruda and all other treatment with clear scans.