At first, my endocrinologist said as long as I needed prednisone for my rheumatic disease there was nothing she could do. She apologized and referred me back to my rheumatologist. I don't know what discussions happened between my endocrinologist and rheumtologist but a short time later my rheumatologist asked me if I wanted to try Actemra.

I didn't know anything about Actemra but decided I had nothing to lose. I actually expected Actemra to fail but my rheumatologist convinced me that we wouldn't know unless I was willing to try it. Actemra didn't come with any guarantees