It's amazing isn't it?! .... All of our different personal experiences, all of our different choices for ourselves, and beliefs. Which you would think would generate a lot of data driven studies and conclusions by the scientific and medical community. ....
But nope. As much as Adrenal chemistry and rheumatoid science has developed, I'm just not finding much definitive information on PMR.
If you have.... PLEASE send me the explanation, that is not a "word salad" that explains why so much diveresed experience produces so similar and profoundly difficult results.!
I'm 74. I've participated in large wave surfing in different spots around the world, up until the pre-diagnosis symptoms started 5 years ago after a had surgery (successfully) for kidney cancer, then surgery for snapped Achilles heel, then surgery for a hip replacement, then another. At that time I felt a shift in my brain chemistry they I attributed to anesthesia.
It wasn't till after all those surgeries that I lost 60 lbs in 3 months, became sporadically weak, and experienced a never before depression. ...... PMR.
I choose to make decisions based on quality of life, looking forward to where I want to be with my general body health.
So I continue to exercise (surf ) wherever I can even when I know I'll pay for it. I participate in methods for stimulating Cordisol even though I know until my Prednisone gets down to below 4 mg my body will make very little to no Cordisol on its own.
And I did take a COVID shot, because I knew my immune system would not survive COVID without the shot.