My rheumatologist did a trial with Prednisone a year or so ago, checking for changes in my sed rate. It didn’t change, so he concluded that I didn’t have PMR. Steroids certainly do help my pain! I think lately I’ve been taking them about half the time. My overall pain comes on more quickly these days than it did even six months ago. I tried a 2 mile hike recently that I was doing every week as recently as last Spring. It was painful from the very first step, but I stubbornly persisted. My physical therapist gently reminded me that the pain was my body’s way of telling me not to do it! But sometimes I just want to try. It’s scary how the neuropathy is progressing.