week 5

[Chevypickup]

Hope all is well with you guys. week 5, ESP down to 2, CRP down to .5 prednisone down to 25 mg from 40 mg. feel good no pain just in my kees. wife says I am always in a good mood. ( must be the prednisone) sleep maybe three to four hours at night, Have appontment with the rheumatologist on the 27th of this month. On a diet, I call it the gut diet. started doing essentrics three to four times a week.

[Mikb]

Just looked up essentrics. That looks interesting. Do you do a class or just at home?

[Chevypickup in reply to Mikb]

Do class

[Mikb in reply to Chevypickup]

Where in Canada are you?

[Chevypickup in reply to Mikb]

Hamilton area

[SheffieldJane]

You are lucky in your mood response to Pred. I can get pretty unpleasant.

[diana1998 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Every time I dropped I warned my Hubby as I turned into a right bad tempered cow for 5 days. On 6th day felt normal again. Since dropping under 8 it doesn't happen thankfully!!

[Bfp1 in reply to diana1998]

Me too. I get very irritable and moody. Anyone else get this? Best left

On my own. Especially to nearest and dearest. Makes me mad with myself.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bfp1]

I was far worse with just PMR and no pred!

[diana1998 in reply to PMRpro]

With reason.

[Chevypickup in reply to SheffieldJane]

got to put your mind to the good points. happy thoughts..

[Grammy80]

That is wonderful. So happy you are progressing so well~! Sounds like you have a positive attitude which I think is like 90% of our battle. Have a great day.🌸🌸

[islandanonymous]

After a year of taking prednisone for polymyalgia, my husband stopped last week. Luckily I discovered Essentrics a couple of months ago and we started doing online classes with somebody locally. Now we switched to Essentrics TV but I see there are lots of free classes on YouTube. I'm hoping that it helps him in case his pain ever comes back. We've both noticed some good improvements with overall joint soreness and speciic issues for both of us (my neck, and his knees). I highly recommend those classes. I hope your issues are continuing to improve!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to islandanonymous]

Did you notice this thread is 3 years old?

[islandanonymous]

Yes, I sure did. Why do you ask?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to islandanonymous]

A lot of people don't - and are disappointed at not getting a reply. because of the way HU works only about 2 or 3 of us are likely to see your post.

[islandanonymous]

Oh, I see. I wasn't expecting a reply. I just wanted to share that we have found Essentrics helpful, that's all.