I resisted prednisone for a couple of years. My Rheumy would give me joint injections for local pain relief. I finally started prednisone and have been on a real journey ever since.
You mentioned you are afraid of Kevzara. Have you done any research to try to resolve your fear?
Knowledge and facts normally resolve my fears. I would suggest you try and understand the drug, what it does as well as understand the common and even rare side effects. Every drug comes with risks. Many times it is the compounding ingredients and not the drug itself.
You can also talk with your rheumatologist about pre-biologic treatments with older drugs.
You also need to understand PMR and the inflammation cycle that these drugs work to interrupt.