@mlz

Hi .... you don't seem disorganized at all. You are right to be concerned about having surgery when on Prednisone and Kevzara. I had both of my knees replaced during my peak days of taking Prednisone for PMR. There were some surgical precautions taken but Prednisone and PMR didn't prevent surgery.

After surgery I had post-op pain but that didn't make PMR worse. A few months later after I fully recovered from surgery, I was able to decrease my Prednisone dose somewhat. I was confusing some of the arthritic knee pain for PMR. My knee replacements made my knee pain better so I didn't need as much Prednisone.

I'm currently 71 years old. The older I get ... the more concerned I am about doing more surgery. I listen to my medical doctors and the surgeon. The best advice that I ever received was to "let pain be the deciding factor." There is such a thing as "too much pain" when I need to do whatever I can to relieve the pain. Surgery would not be my first choice but I would do surgery if the pain was too much.