Saw the Rheumatologist yesterday & Doctor today. Rheumy wants me to taper 1/2mg every 6 weeks instead of 1mg every 4 weeks. Doctor is more than happy to discontinue blood tests & apt’s every month & for me to monitor everything myself. I can call Doc if I need to. Having read on this forum how lots of you are working to your own tapering plans with support from Doctor I am really pleased to have this result. Thank you all!
Good news for me!: Saw the Rheumatologist yesterday... - PMRGCAuk
Good news for me!
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Good luck - and we are always around for questions, answers usually by next day at the latest.
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Well done that Rheumy…. And as PMRpro says always someone around on here to help, should you require it.
Morning, sounds like things are going the right way, well done Rheumy and doc. As already said usually someone around at all times for questions or rants.
Sounds good! All the luck with this last lap.You are very fortunate to have regular doctor support.
I had a very similar experience at my Rheumy appt yesterday. Like you I am effectively monitoring my tapering myself with a review in 6 months. Any issues, I just call the help line. Best of luck.
That's what I've been doing - 0.5 every 6 weeks. My GP also left it to me - his words: "You're in charge". But it did mean the GP practice had no record of where I was in the taper.
That’s a very good idea, I hadn’t thought that far ahead yet.🙂