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                        Hi Ida,    It's good to hear from you.  How is your taper on the Prednisone going?  Your post mentions that the 9mg dose is giving you quite a bit of pain.  Has that stabilized by now?  I hope so.    I have managed to taper my Prednisone to 12mg.  I hope to lower it again next week.  I am on Mobic right now, and it is helping me with the taper, along with Enbrel and MTX.  I don't know what I'll do if Mobic is removed from the market like Bextra just was yesterday.  It is a Cox 2 Inhibitor.  I guess I'll have to wait and see.      I am not having much luck in reducing my weight yet.  I was hoping that I would shed some now that my Prednisone dose is down a little bit.  Oh well.  Maybe soon.    Let me know how you are doing, Ida.    Be well.    Shar