Saw the rheumatologist yesterday, and while she's not ruling out PMR entirely, she wants to explore other diagnoses (myositis, and CPPD). I had more bloodwork yesterday, and my CRP is even higher, went from 26.5 on Nov 25 to 55.8 yesterday. She also did a CK test (first time I had that) and it's low, at 22 (normal range is 33-165) but I'm not entirely clear what that means (@dadcue any insight?). Still waiting on Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody result, again, not sure what that is. Today I'm having x-rays of shoulders, hands, wrists, hips, pelvis and knees. She boosted my prednisone from 20 mg/day to 40 mg/day. I see her again Dec 23 and she will consider adding methotrexate depending on response to prednisone increase. It's a wild ride!