I appreciate the support from everyone. I did go in to my neurologist at the end of the week and she put me on a 7-day course of prednisone to see if it would calm the flare and the swelling. Well, the pain is still bad but the swelling is going down a bit. It could be from the propping of the arm too. But the bad thing is the prednisone makes my heart race any ramps up my sympathetic nervous system. I have 5 more days to go, so I will see it it helps. I am still so miserable and frustrated. I keep thinking I can act like my old self and do the things I use to do and be the person I once was...not going to happen I am afraid. It can be a bit depressing at times. What do you do to help calm down? I am just a bit on edge from the flare.

Elyse