Well, the great news is that my Blood pressure has finally started to come down. My primary care doc put me on a diuretic, so that has really helped a lot. The fact that the diuretic is working leads us to believe that the BP issue is from the prednisone, not the cyclosporin. Great news.
The other news is that I am going to go ahead and do a full course of pheresis (plasma-exchange). I have had 2- and I am responding well, as usual. Normally, 5 exchanges remove approximately 90% of the antibodies that cause my symptoms. For now we have 2 more scheduled, and we will see how I am to decide if I need another.
I will keep everyone updated.
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