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another flare?

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Susanne_M_UK
Susanne_M_UK

I was tapering quite nicely and got to 18mg when it went haywire. Went back up to 20, but slowly over a week, my symptoms of temple pain, lethargy and generally feeling unwell, increased.

My rheumatologist is away and I'm due to see a stand in rheumy on Tuesday. However, today, having slept all afternoon and feeling absolutely wretched with fatigue and temple pain, I called my GP to ask for an urgent blood test. As luck would have it, she is away, but the young duty doctor wanted to see me as his last appointment.

I went through the potted history and he has told me to increase to 40mg and has requested an urgent blood test for tomorrow morning.

I'm so fed up being back at 40mg! There is no end in sight at this rate.

Will wait to hear of the blood results tomorrow eve. If they turn out to be ok, the 40mg will have been a terrible increase. If the markers are up, well, who knows I did ask him whether I should wait for the bloods before increasing to 40, but I suppose him being young, he wasn't going to take any chances. On the other hand, I'd rather have a GP who takes the condition seriously unlike my last surgery.

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  • Susanne_M_UK
    Susanne_M_UK

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    So far, so good. 35 for two days. Will try 30 tomorrow.
    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey Susanne_M_UK

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      Susanne, that's good to hear.  Although none of us is happy when we have to increase the dose, at least when it works and we're out of pain, it's worth it.  Fingers still tightly crossed for you.
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