@mikeshell HI Mike ! i am curious about your comment from 5mg to 3 mg -- how quickly did you taper down ? were you ever at 4 mg ? ( i am now at 10mg /day for next month ,before going to 9 mg) sigh ! Are your "aches" distinguishable from the classic morning stiffness /pain of PMR ? lately pain in my right leg is annoying - but i have NO "PMR" pain stiffness.

do you recognize yourself in one of these cohorts of patients in UK that report pain for range of two years
[Rheumatology (Oxford)
. 2020 Aug 1;59(8):1906-1915. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez533.
Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR Cohort Study Sara Muller first author ]
Five clusters were identified. One cluster represented the profile of 'classical' PMR symptoms - "rapid and sustained "and one represented sustained symptoms that may not be PMR. The other three clusters displayed a partial recovery, a recovery followed by worsening and a slow, but sustained recovery. Those displaying classical PMR symptoms were in better overall health at diagnosis than the other groups.

have you ever seen the videos in this site ? PMARand IL6.com - go to resources tab and scroll down to listen to john stone and contraindications of prednisone . Why would an NSAID be considered , in place of GC ?
i assume you are familiar with the role of IL6 in PMR? have you asked specifically if you are now a candidate for Kevzara ?
knowing what others are going through sure helps !