For the last week I thought I was taking half a 5 mg pill and 2 1 mg pills. This morning, when I was splitting my prednisone pills to give my a reduced dose, I discovered that the pills that I thought were 5mg pills were actually one mg pills. So instead of taking 4.5mg prednisone for the last week, I've been taking 2.5 mg. This is good news (of a sort), in that I've successfully adjusted to a much lower dose than I thought. Yay! It's bad news because I was supposed to decrease the dose more slowly (boo!). Oh well - since I've made it here successfully, I'll stay at this does for the rest of the month, then continue to decrease. I am encouraged to think I'm doing so well on half my former dose.
Yesterday went well. I didn't have any flu-like or cold symptoms. I worked well all day, then took a break and, instead of going to the sauna, decided to RIDE MY BIKE for 20 minutes. It was sunny and it felt great to get out. I stayed on the neighborhood streets because the car exhaust smells are so strong on the arterials. I didn't ride fast, but it felt good to explore. I've been in this neighborhood over a year and this is only the second time I've gone out on bike.
I think I'll wait a few more days before starting the detox, make sure I'm really feeling strong. I may start exercising again before I go back on the program. I need to keep my right shoulder muscles strong, since I'll be having surgery on my shoulder Mar 11 to remove the screw which is holding my collar bone to my acromion.
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