Bec, I'd love to get a hold of those links if you could! I've tried googling myself - not coming up with much that's been useful, but between the fatigue and mushy brain, that's hardly surprising.

Harkat, know the feeling! I am lucky in that I've had very good doctors right from the start. I've been tested for practically everything, multiple times. The only thing that's ever shown on my blood work is evidence that there's an inflammatory process active in my body when the arthritis is in an active flare state. My rheumy has been brilliant - he's never blinked when things come back negative, when I think I'm going mad because I can't describe the pain because it changes so much... but he's worked with me the whole way to keep me on the lowest dosage of the safest medications. Eventually he and I have had to accept that he can describe my condition with med-speak if I insist on having a name for it, but naming it doesn't change the way we treat it and manage it, and we've got it pretty well managed for now. Whatever oddity is occuring in my body, I don't have any joint degeneration so I consider myself extremely fortunate! I'd also done the "blood tests show nothing is wrong, so why do I need to take meds?" thing... but you can only do that for so long before the desire to be able to be a functional human being takes over.

Deb, thanks so much for being there for me again on this journey. I really, really appreciate the fact that when I'm having trouble finding the words to express my thoughts you always seem to see straight through to the heart of the matter.

I think I'm pretty much set on my course for now - stick with the prednisone. If nothing else, it makes me feel comfortable to be on it, and less stress is a beautiful thing! If I do find myself in the worst case scenario, I'm not going to go back for any other embies until I've consulted with Dr S. I'm very fortunate that I live close enough to have access to him... I'm also very glad that I've got a rheumy who listens and didn't think I was mad for staying on the 10mg because that's what I was on when the FET occurred. He did label it as a superstition, but he was happy to go with it. I'm pretty confident that he at least won't need convincing. My GP is brilliant and has come to realise that often I know more than he does when it comes to my health... I suspect that all it may come down to in the end is possibly rethinking my choice of OB - he's the unknown quantity in this! I'm sure my GP will make sure I've got a good one...

It's all just a matter of when I can get in to see him!

BW