I am at 15 months and struggle to get below 18 mg of Prednisone daily plus methotrexate and a raft of other meds every day. I have had a very wonderful past 40 years with my second husband with good health til I hit PMR at 71. I decided I did not want to live in pain so I’m taking more prednisone than less but when tapering I seem to get steroid withdrawal pain and my inflammation markers are always higher than everyone else’s according to my internist Doctor. And then there’s the annoying infections with this and that …. But I do look forward to my time in my “hot box”. One can get toll up bed versions too of infra red saunas quite inexpensively but I cannot say how effective they are. It’s tough to be cheerful when one is in pain but smile anyway - your body does not know you are sad and will release endomorphies anyway as it responds to your muscle movement. I’m doing it all and hoping for the best. Best wishes to you. SMILE.