Middle of Week 12, Ramped Up MTX

So  I'm now in the middle of week 12, counted from when I started Prednisone August 5. I think this week has showed some decent improvement. I am up to 9 minutes on the bike, up from 6 minutes last week. I can bend over enough to get ice out of our bottom door freezer. I can work 5 to 6 hours a day at my home office. Some cooking, and walking with the walker is more comfortable with better hip and leg movement. not s "floppy" as the PT puts it.  Doing footwork with a soccer ball while holding onto a rail my spouse put up in the extra bedroom. that helps balance and hip strength. Abductor and adductor muscles. Those are the ones that get us out of chairs. please dear lord, I'm ready.....Getting ready for OHSU. kinda nervous about the whole thing, not sure why.  I do think that ramping up the MTX has been a good thing, and I'm just this week dropping Prednisone to 60mg.. Interesting I'm feeling so much stronger. Is it the MTX? Is it the drop in Prednisone? did it really take 5 weeks for the MTX to kick in?  Well, stay tuned for next bat time and next bat channel.  I'll post on the discussion board what happened in Portland.