Hi @anya and welcome to Connect. You have had quite the journey in the last handful of years and you have come to the right place to meet some members that know what you are going through.

I would like to invite @crhp194 and @morninglory to this discussion to talk about giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia and their experience with prednisone for those illnesses. They may be able to provide some insight on your concerns with prednisone.

I would also like to invite @barbararene, @charlena, and @jchatchett who have discussed using prednisone for PMR and may also be able to offer some insight on Prednisone.

You may also want to check out the Sjogren's discussion happening on Connect. You can find that here, http://mayocl.in/2gYI8Uv.

@anya, with your diagnoses, it is reasonable to have concerns about your labs. Have you discussed the anxiety you feel about your labs with your physician and requested a more thorough answer on each of your lab results?