Hello -- It all began 2 years ago ( at age 48 ) with a flu like illness, bad joint pain and swelling, and a lot of fatigue. Abnormal blood antibodies. Plaquenil and 10 mg prednisone helped immediately, and am now on 5 mg prednison and plaquenil. For the past 1.5 years have been clinically feeling OK. Not completely back to normal, but can pass for normal. Joints are normal, fatigue gone, can occasionally ride a bike 10 miles with the kids, go bowling occasionally, take walks, work a very stressfull 60 plus hours per week job, etc. But have less endurance and energy than "normal" and might ache after relatively mild exercise more than "normal". Compared to how I felt 2 years ago, this is excellent and quite manageable. Fortunately, no other new symptoms or problems other than the joints.
Questions: a) How critical is it to further reduce the steroids ?
b) How likely is it that things will stay the same over the next few years? or get better
or worse :sad: ?
Thanks -- Bogey
Questions: a) How critical is it to further reduce the steroids ?
b) How likely is it that things will stay the same over the next few years? or get better
Thanks -- Bogey