Hi, everyone!

I was only very recently diagnosed, so all of this is new to me. I've been struggling a lot lately with the side effects to my medications, but I trust they are helping.

I wanted to get some input though because I've gone down 5mg in prednisone about a week and a half ago. Within a couple of days, my pain in my hands got bad again quickly, although not the worst it's been. And also, I've been having a lot more sinus pain (more than I have before) and sinus headaches. It's become a daily thing. My nose has been bleeding every day, sometimes flowing, sometimes not. Sometimes I've woken up with blood all over my pillow.

I'm curious as to whether:
a) This increase of pain would be common in coming down 5mg of prednisone?
b) Forgive my ignorance, but I read that a lot of sinus pain can be a sign of the cartilage breaking down in your nose. Can someone tell me the signs of saddle nose developing? I'm curious as to what the symptoms of saddle nose are, because I can't seem to find information on that and I know a lot of Weggies have developed it.

Thank you so much for the information