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Hello Laura,
I am so sorry you are having to go through all this. I have followed your story and I appreciate you sharing it. I just wanted to say that tolerating high doses of Prednisone can be very difficult. I tried it at 60mg/day for less than 2 weeks and was so glad that I did not have to continue it. As you know it can elevate your BP, blood sugar, cause insomnia and other mood swings, cause easy bruising, weight gain, etc, etc. I hope that they can begin tapering your dose soon. Before I took a trial of Prednisone, I read a book called "Coping with Prednisone" by Eugenia Zukerman which I thought was quite helpful. If you must stay on Prednisone, I recommend reading it. I think that they will begin tapering it to the lowest dose that will keep your platelets up and that it will be a short course. Good Luck!