Hello, you seem to be doing remarkably well considering you were diagnosed in June. I was diagnosed last November and finally reduced to 3 mg Prednisone in October by tapering 1 mg at a time. When I dropped to 2 mg, I had a flare up and had to go back to 3 mg and then 4 mg. I added .5 mg to that for a week and then dropped to 4 mg again. I am now contemplating dropping .5 mg at a time even though my rheumatologist told me that .5mg doesn't make a difference. Maybe not to him, but it does to me! He did tell me not to schedule any dental procedures without consulting him first, but these days I am so cautious about triggering another PMR flareup that I'm not even going to take a flu shot this year.