Welcome to the world of lupus.

My c-reactive protein is always elevated & not my sed rate.

Candi

There's acute phases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-reactive_protein
There's things, listed there, that can lower the CRP, so not doing something
that lowers the CRP, I imagine results in (more) elevated results?

Seems to me there's also other possible variables: lab differences would be
one.
From a personal POV, the later, in the day, the more inflammation (not
measured in lab tests), but as seen in reddened joints (or hands) and pain.
The heat and humidity was so bad the past few days, I was crying from the
pain, so afternoons, I was sitting outside in the shade, and spraying cool
water on my joints and thanking God for the relief.

I wonder if these things (and/or your question) is answered in a hemotology
book?

Out of curiosity, why the question?  I lower my medication (daily, the pills
are splittable) if there's less inflammation and increase it, if there's
more.