My husband is scheduled for carpal tunnel surgery this Tuesday, because of severe pain and numbness in his dominant hand. He was diagnosed with PMR, May (2024) and has been on Prednisone and in the process of reducing that and is at 2 mg now. We are really questioning whether he should proceed with this surgery, as we are thinking this is actually a PMR symptom, although not a common one. He also is dealing with swollen feet and ankles. He had an EMG test a few weeks ago, that has lead to the carpal tunnel diagnosis. He also had an MRI and they are saying he has nerve issues in his cervical spine and are looking at possible surgery for that, as well. We are very apprehensive about proceeding with these interventions, if they are all simply further symptoms of his PMR and could be relieved by simply going back up on the Prednisone again and tapering again, more slowly this time. We sure don’t want to add any complications to this PMR disease. My husband is 71 and in good physical shape, we are eating an anti inflammatory diet and he is maintaining a pretty consistent exercise plan.