Thank you for your reply, and helping all of us out.
My doctor was actually excited to find another (he has 1 other) who had normal blood panels and had PMR. He gave me 20 mg of pred for 5 days - said if I was better fast, then he would assume it was PMR. I was pain free in 1 day. Dr is very strongly wanting me to get off Pred in 2-3 months. I am trying doses of 5 or 10 mg a day, trying to find my sweet spot. As I read information here, it seems some are on low doses of Pred for years.
I can't find any articles on whether to put heat or cold on the front of my thighs, as the back pain radiates there. As you see in my profile (can you see my profile?) I have had a fusion of L3,4,5.