all you lovely people
Since adding 5mg of pred to deal with my self induced flare (that’ll teach me to overdo it!) I have realised that things hadn’t been right for a while before I embarked on my over walking in the sunshine.
To use the bucket analogy, mine had been full ( and dripping over) and I hadn’t acknowledged it.
Since adding the 5mg I have been experiencing no discomfort, can turn in bed without the ‘oompff’ I had redeveloped and walk down stairs in the morning without having to hang onto the bannister for dear life ( am only 59 3/4!).
I had regressed to the ‘putting up with the pain’ mentality I had utilised before diagnosis for the sake of ‘getting off the steroids’.
No more - the continuing taper journey will give more acknowledgement to symptoms rather than numbers.
Big birthday this year for both hubby and I so need to be more careful - a valuable lesson I will take on board.
wishing you all well in your personal journeys
Jayney