I have had Graves for a year and have active TED. Went to an opthamologist who said that I can consider eyelid surgery when my eyes settle down. He suggested that I undergo RAI with prednisone to contol the eye disease. When I went to my endo, his initial recommendation was to wait one more year for my eyes to stabilize before doing RAI. This would delay eye surgery even longer. I told him about my conversation with the opthamologist and thought it was a perfectly reasonabe approach but he has NEVER prescribed prednisone with the RAI. He looked up the studies on this and apparently varying doses from low to high have been used. He put me on a moderate dose (40 mg / day) for a few weeks prior to RAI and will continue for a few weeks after. For those of you who have had RAI w/Predisone, can you please share your experiences with me. Thanks everyone for your support — the BB has been very helpful.