thanks for the links...trying anything...needed steroids to breathe (still do at times)...great drug but side effects are nasty!

want to try to do what i can to put off the inevitable replacement...so i will most certainly check into them...while i know about exercise & such & certain illnesses..arthritis is a new one for me (that & i am running out of joints...i think all that's left are elbows to hurt at this point!)