Thanks Mary,Kate,Maurice,Becky, Erin for all your kind words of encouragement. I have had some improvement in the severe weakness since starting the pred but my eyes are still the same..... darn double vision. I will up my pred to 80mg.a day tomorrow,having hot hands and feet ,is this side effect from pred? Also waking up at night with a chocking / tight feeling in my chest,should I be concerned or is this the pred?This is an awesome site.... I pray blessings on each of you as we face this disease together... Later