Just an update from my post about the ‘unrelenting pain’.I saw my rheumatologist the day before yesterday. Now I am more confused than ever. He was not pleased that I had increased my prednisone to 25 and was back to the orders that I had to taper as planned although he did concede that I could go slower. He also said I should be experiencing very little pain when decreasing. This seems a conflict to me. I have not had any significant decrease in pain so therefore should not be decreasing.
However he used the ultrasound to examine my groin where the pain and stiffness were. He aspirated a large amount of cloudy fluid which has been sent for culture and then gave me a cortisone shot in the groin for my ‘arthritis of my hip’. I told him I did not have arthritis in the hip…or anywhere else….but he said I did. AND yesterday morning I woke up totally pain and stiffness free…had the best day I have had since May. Wonderful. Of course I did far to much and it came back a bit but I was sure glad to have a good day. No idea what this all means…another chapter in this novel, I guess.