As of today, I've been more than a month off of prednisone. The withdrawal process was utterly miserable. I wish I could tell you that I found easy ways to manage the horrors and discomforts, but really, the only thing I could do was put my head…

I was three weeks on 40 mg of prednisone before my flare symptoms returned, slowly and inconsistently, but enough that my doctor became very concerned. She's understandably cautious about using steroids long term. When we'd first made our treatment plan, we'd discussed Stelara and Humira as two…