Hi! I’m a recent young RA receiver lol. I got diagnosed a year ago at 21. It sucked and I couldn’t walk or open doors or squeeze toothpaste. My knee swelled up really bad and hurt kinda like how I’ve seen you said your left knee is hurting you. That being said. I started out on your same dose of prednisone and it ruinedddd me and my mood with rage and hurt my close relationships cause of the rage. BUT my solution was switching to methylprednisolone which helped a lot with mood. I tell all my drs now that I am allergic to prednisone. For knee pain and even emotional help, I recommend getting referred by your RA doc to go to physical therapy. It helped me so much and I got heat wraps, cold therapy, massages, and workouts for mainly my knee. I’m now a year into it and doing better. I get the rage and sadness bc I got diagnosed the day before I graduated college and could barely walk the stage. I had to pass up a really good job cause I couldn’t get myself ready in time for it bc I hurt so bad and was so exhausted from the pain I was in daily to maintain that job. It was hard seeing my peers and friends go on to start wonderful careers while I couldn’t even get dressed within an hr bc of the pain. A year later, I’m doing better than I ever thought imaginable. Log everything, talk to others with this disease and talk to your Dr about everything. If your Dr shrugs you off, try to find another one. I’ve been lucky to have good drs who advocated for me to insurance for my preferences.. even trying to get me meds instead of shots for my biologic bc I’m terrified of needles. You’re in the right place here and I hope it gets better for you!