Thanks, Marta!

I also discussed another pred taper with Dr VF. I was thinking about tapering at 0.5 mg/month. She thought that might work, but reminded me that 1 mg pred pills are very difficult to cut, so she suggested the following:

Month 1: Alternate 5 mg and 4 mg (average 4.5 mg/day)
Month 2: Alternate 5 mg and 3 mg (average 4 mg/day)
Month 3: Alternate 5 mg and 2 mg (average 3.5 mg/day)
Month 4: Alternate 5 mg and 1 mg (average 3 mg/day)
Month 5: Alternate 5 mg and 0 mg (average 2.5 mg/day)
Month 6: Alternate 4 mg and 0 mg (average 2 mg/day)
Month 7: Alternate 3 mg and 0 mg (average 1.5 mg/day)
Month 8: Alternate 2 mg and 0 mg (average 1 mg/day)
Month 9: Alternate 1 mg and 0 mg (average 0.5 mg/day)
Taper is (hopefully) complete.

Just waiting for the scrips to hit the pharmacy...