"I hope to be on Prednisone for a short time, and will gladly trade the consequences of it for the pain relief."

This is the sad part about being in pain. It wasn't that I wanted to "feel good" --- I just could NOT endure all of the pain! Most of the pain wasn't even PMR. However, PMR ushered in a state of "systemic inflammation."

I was willing to do anything to make the pain stop no matter what the consequences were. Realistically, I don't think I had any other choice at the time. If I could do it all over again ... I would probably still take prednisone even knowing what I know now. Even though I don't understand much of anything.