Posted 2/10/2011 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
When first diagnosed in 1998 the doctor had me on 40 mgm of prednisone with a 5 mgm per week taper. I was able to get off it in two months. Flared in 2000, same dosage as in 98. Flared in 2002, this time it took about three months of prednisone. Starting in 2003, I flared yearly and always on the prednisone at least two months. In 08 I was hospitalized and up until my surgery last June, with the exception of maybe one or two months, was on it consistantly.