feeling somewhat better

I went to see Dr. W last week, and we agreed it made sense for me to go on some stronger drugs.  I have been in some fairly bad pain for over a month, and it's not really getting better.  So I am now on a short course of prednisone.

I started with 20 mg (last time I was on it I started on 40 mg and was a crazy person).  This time, the side effects aren't as bad, but it didn't make my pain go away completely either.  Still some pain in the mornings, but by afternoon, I'm feeling almost no pain (whoo hoo!).

I've been on the pred for 7 days and am now on 10mg.  I'm feeling pretty good, though my knuckles and elbows still hurt a bit.

I am happy with working with the new doc and hoping that things will get under control soon.  My skin is MUCH better.  My face is almost clear, and the rashes on my neck, chest and arms has faded a lot.  The newer rash on my legs is not great, but at least my legs are easy to hide under a pair of pants!

I've still got some bald-ish spots on the top of my head, but bit the bullett and got a haircut at the barber's when Simon had his cut (see Simon's blog for details: http://sweetsimonsays.blogspot.com/).  He cut it a bit too short, but not too bad.

One lovely thing about being on the prednisone is now I can get stuff done!  I have the energy to update my blogs, post photos, get 2 year old paperwork done, huzzah!  Also, the crazy hunger it causes isn't that big a deal this time because I'm getting too skinny anyways...ah, lupus, you crazy disease you!