Thanks Kate. And best of luck to you too

Daily use of prednisone for years is what caused my osteoporosis. I have a compression fracture of the T-11. I am slowly tapering aiming for zero. At 6.5mg today. Lowest I’ve ever been and no flare! I’m now on Orencia. Need to get off prednisone for 4 Weeks in order to have surgery to repair hernia and reverse colonostomy. Cant be on prednisone for 4 weeks.
The prednisone will prevent the two ends from staying lined up correctly. Prednisone caused a hernia. hernias are common in obese prednisone patients. Prednisone caused huge weight gain Ive been on it daily since since 2014. I couldn’t decrease below 10mg or I’d flare. Bad Rheumy Dr said 10-15 mg was ok. That that was as good as it was going to get, wrong! Changed Drs and switched from Enbrel and tapering off. It’s ok to take prednisone to get thru painful flares but you must decrease and get off of it. Try to get off with 4-5 or weeks at the very longest. It’s a miracle drug for the pain of a flare. Keep calling your Dr asking for more and request a sedimentation test ESR will show how inflammed you are while waiting for infusion. Best of luck it sucks to be where you are! Kate