I have been on Prednisone for 3 months for PMR (polymyalgia rheum...

Your stronger because you feel less pain. Please stop your bragging on a site dedicated to people who "suffer' from this deadly medication. There are people (hundreds) on this site alone who's lives have been ruined by Prednisone. Please spare everyone your conquest of bicycle riding
so they may share their hope and strength to just survive this medication.

3 months @25mg is nothing, much less bragging about your personal conquest.

You go right ahead and brag. We have so few " good " days we all feel like bragging about them.You can go longer because you no longer have pain. Prednisone is a " miracle" drug, with a whole lot of side effects. I am dowm from20 mg ( for 2 years ) to 3 for my PMR and it is real hard to get off.Without the drug , I was in a wheelchair and in terrible pain. And I am doing well now, so keep your head up high and accept each accomplishment as a gift.
Dixie

I did not mean to brag. Prednisone to me has been a miracle drug. It has stopped a completely debilatating pain throughout my whole body. I know its not a cure but without it I think a trigger would have been tempting, and I know it has many bad side effects but it has helped millions since it was first prescribed. I am sorry if I offended ddeboer but I thought this forum was for all views on differant drugs, good or bad

Corticosteroids do cause muscle wasting, indeed. If you have to take prednisone for a long time then make sure that there's enough protein in your diet as well as a balanced, high-quality multi-vitamin-mineral complex. Even though it may not seem so at first, be very careful with exogenous corticosteroids as their side effects are many and far-reaching.

I'm happy to see your posting, Andy. I woke up feeling rotten on my 42nd birthday and, after a misdiagnosis for a rotator cuff injury (I had done a huge amount of shoveling a few days before so it made sense) bloodwork finally determined a month later that I had PMR. I know I'm on the extreme young end of this and am doing well so far with the prednisone (started at 40, dropped to 30 after 21 days). I'm encouraged to see you're able to exercise with some success, because I am itching to get back to the gym myself (especially since the Prednisone brought back my appetite!). Best wishes on your continued improving health!