Mandy, There was one more thing I thought about. If your liver and kidneys aren't clearing drugs out of your body well, then drugs like Pred might build up and make you worse instead of better. I can't say for sure if that is what's going on but you need to have a doctor keep ALL of this in mind while taking care of you.

I don't know why but hemochromatosis popped into my mind too. Has anyone done an anemia profile on you, including ferritin, iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation, etc.? Plus folic acid and B12.

Hang in there.

Annie