Thanks Vellen. I haven't had a return of bad pain, just a return of pain - probably 2-3/10 on John's pain scale once I dropped to 8mg, that I wanted to resolve before going on with further reductions to avoid a flare. The lift of 1.5mg for 3 days seems to be helping this morning. Slight pain only, probably 1/10. So I'll continue with the extra 1.5 for another day or two before dropping back to 8.5 or 9mg again once the pain is gone.

I do get outside frequently during the day to do small jobs in the garden to keep moving, and do several gentle exercises every day to help with bone strength and muscle loss.