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Is progress being made in understanding PMR/GCA?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 22 2:50am | Replies (22)
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I believe my mother and her mother also had PMR judging by the symptoms. In the 1980s my mother was able to get prednisone, recover and live another 40 years with no relapses. Her mother, with no prednisone available, suffered the rest of her life and developed what I believe to be GCA. They didn’t have the terminology back then and called it bursitis. I did not connect the dots until I was diagnosed after suffering for 4 months.

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DadCue | @dadcue | Sep 16 3:37pm

My grandmother on my mom's side probably had PMR. As a boy, I remember helping her out of her rocking chair. She was very active until she suddenly couldn't do very much. I remember her saying all the time that it was no fun getting old. She didn't take many medications but I vaguely recall her taking "little white pills." She also took 3 or 4 naps every day.

She died in the hospital but nobody did anything. They said there was nothing they could do. She didn't seem to have any pain like she had before going into the hospital. She looked comfortable so that was a blessing.

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