I called my rheumatologist this morning on my GP's advice to let them know that my GP thinks the Medrol is giving me "gastritis". My GP also thinks I may be developing an ulcer. I called this morning and they said they would call the lab where I went for repeat bloodwork yesterday and try to put a rush on it to see what my CK level was etc.. The nurse called me back about 5:00 today and said that all my labs looked great! My CK is down to 41!! Everything else looked good too. My rheum wants me to call my dermatologist tomorrow and if he is ok with it, wants me to drop down to 8 mg of Medrol a day instead of 16. He thinks this combined with the Nexium I have started will help with my GI problems. I see the dermatologist on the 29th and the rheum again on the 4th. The nurse said we would discuss the next steps then. My question is this. I am still having pain. It is a lot better than it was 4 weeks ago thats for sure but its still there. Pain and weakness I would say. Is this just from the damage that has already been done? Can that get any better? The rheum did mention at my first appointment that after we get the inflammation under control we can work on re-gaining strength. I am also to repeat lab work in 3 weeks to make sure my inflammation is staying down with the weening off the Medrol.