Ida
Hi Shar- Hope all is well with you and that you are feeling better. It must be miserable to ache in your joints from RA and your muscles from PMR. What do you take for it? As for the white count- normal is 3.5 to 10 K/ul. In Oct. 2005 I had 8- In Jan. 2006 it was 13; April was 14 and this month before I got sick it was 15....And all the doctors said it was high because of inflammation!!! So for six months I had a kidney infection brewing. If I hadn't gone to the ER, who knows? I'm still on 8 mg of Prednisone, but am thinking about a new taper because I react so quickly to tapers. Instead of 8/7mg every other day I was thinking of 8,8,8,7,8,8,8; it's still a taper, then I would add another 7 a week in about two weeks. (Wonder what the doctors would say?) Hope you are having a good summer. I look forward to your posts. Kwwp well. Ida