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I developed a problem with my knee a couple of months before I got all of the PMR symptoms -upper arms, shoulders, neck, thighs and hips. I had a sonogram and an MRI on my knee and was told it was mild artritis but a torn meniscus. I had a couple of gel shots. The 2nd gel worsened my knee and then had a cortisone shot which helped my knee. Days after my cortisone shot my PMR systems started. I asked my Rheumy if the knee had anything to do with my PMR and she said there was no research that associated a knee problem with PMR. My feeling is that we are all specimens for the Rheumys since not a lot is known about PMR. I am also on a FB support group called "Living With PMR". A number of members have reported knee issues followed by PMR.
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I had a problem with my knee during the time I only had PMR (before GCA). My knee swelled up for a few days, and I wasn't able to go up and down steps normally for several months. I went to an orthopedic doctor, and all he could say was it might be arthritis. Once I started prednisone for the GCA and PMR, the knee problem disappeared almost immediately.
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I had a my knee drained al shot if cortisone, a shot in shoulder, and was suppose to have exploratory surgery on the knee.
I woke up a couple days later and could not lift my arms from pain, I then got pain in shoulders and couldn’t move from pain. It was PMR. I HAVE BEEN ON CORTIZONE FOR almost 3 years. I feel the COVID shots have caused it and has made my nueropathy much worse. I walk with a cane now, and cannot walk more than a block without sitting. I will never getting another vaccine again!