Diagnosed with an extremely aggressive case of rheumatoid arthritis in June 2014. Just when I felt nothing could get worse I booked an appt with Dr cockrill. First off she was rude and dismissive of my situation. She tried to have me taper off prednisone too quickly. I had been on 8 mg daily for 2 months while waiting for an appt. I had been on a tapering dose from 40 mg for 6 months. Tonya cut it in half over night. Every piece of information online says to taper slowly especially in the last 10 mg. I had no choice so i followed her direction. After the moat painful and horrible night ive ever had I amlost ended up in the hospital. I was in horrible pain for a week prior. Im surprised that as a Dr of Internal Medicine she had no advise on any of my medical situations. When she was confronted on her approach she told me to find another rheumatologist. I waited 2 months for this visit. How disappointing. I wouldn't recommend my enemy to go see this dr. Not to mention her staff was rude, inconsiderate and overall horrible. There was zero compassion for my horrible situation. I begged to just please help me. They told me there was nothing they could do. Thanks for nothing.