I see the number of people on this site that are dealing with multiple things and it goes on for years. I suddenly feel grateful that my life is not that bad. No matter how bad you have it look at those that have it worse. That said my "bad times" were the 3 months without a diagnosis. Once I started steroids to treat it , I never looked back. I did not have any pain, I went back to the gym, I resumed my active lifestyle. The prednisone gave me a rush. I was 70 and full of life. Its pilled up a little since and some leftover prednisone issues but I kicked it. good luck.