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Sharp pain in hands on certain movements. PMR-related?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 30 10:55am | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Hello. I recently joined this forum and it's been such a great resource. I've only been dealing with this debilitating condition for a little over 2 months (feels like a lifetime). I WAS a healthy and active 66 yo. Once I get this into remission (or better yet, kick it to the curb) I'll never take that for granted again. I work on my computer for many hours a day and was so grateful that my hands and wrists were not affected. Well that all changed today. I'm experiencing a tsunami of symptoms since yesterday - both increased steroid side effects and about a 6-7 on the pain scale for shoulders, arms, hips, groin (the usual suspects). BUT today I also have pain/stiffness in my neck, lower back, forearms and wrists. Going to increase my Medrol for now and hope it all calms down.
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I relate to your tale of woe entirely -my journey almost mirrors yours entirely.
I'm on 20mg of Prednisone daily and it has kept the pain at bay. Hot, hot showers help!
Here's to remission!
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Welcome @sandysomers, My PMR is in remission but I can relate to the time early on when it felt like I had been dealing with it a lifetime. It can be very debilitating. I only took prednisone for my two occurrences of PMR but from what I have read medrol or methylprednisolone is a little stronger than prednisone so hopefully it won't take much of an increase in your dose. There is another discussion you might find helpful.
-- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/.
It sounds like you might be keeping a daily log of your pain and symptoms and medrol dosage which is a great tool to help when you are tapering off of steroids. Have you made any lifestyle type changes to try and help with the PMR?