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Well, last night I started my pred taper from 5mg to 2.5mg to zilch, hopefully.

I am doing fairly well. I figured I would have flared today, but I do not seem to be, well no more than usual for this time of day.

I have had a good day, RA wise. I woke up feeling under the weather, I think it is my sinuses, or a cold. But am feeling better now.

I am going to go and try to paint the foyer. It is a small room and I hope I can knock painting that room out in a week, and hubby can get the areas I could not reach.

joonie39229.7837731481Oh and that goes to show... the 5mg of pred was not doing anything for me because I did not even tell that I had dropped to 2.5mg. Usually when I drop down to a lower dose the next day I will feel it, and swell and will have problems moving about, but not this time.Good, this is progress.Wonderful!! I'm having to go down only 1 at a time per week,(8 mgs) for 8 weeks! I am having a problem with my left foot and my hands are stiif, but I'm continuing the taper, good luck, sarahGood news Joonie - hope that the rest of the taper goes well for you.

Hope it goes well for both of you. I had to go back up from 5 to 20 and start tapering by 5 every 3 days tommorrow until I get back to 5. I think it may be too fast. The pred did not knock this thing down like it usually does. I'll just have to see what happens. Don't overdo it on that painting! We are having a big picnic at my house tommorrow but my a number of relatives came over today and all pitched in to get ready so I had all afternoon to rest.

Laker

Oh I am done painting. I only spent about 15 mins on painting. I used the brush and painted a small area.

Yeah, I hope I can come off of the pred. I think the pred is making my muscles inflammed again, might be why my feet where swelled last night. I also noticed that my calves look smaller, compared to last night when my feet were swelled.

Good Luck to everyone trying to taper off the pred
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