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Prednisone tapering: How did you do it pain free?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 19 6:51pm | Replies (76)
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My Free Kappa Lt Chains (143.7) and kappa lambda ratio (8.21) have been way off the charts from the very beginning. I see a hematologist next week for that. 25mg prednisone doesn't fully relieve the pain in my shoulders but I'm okay with that until I find out what else is going on.

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kjoed53 | @kjoed53 | Apr 13 9:41am

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From the beginning meaning before I started prednisone

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jabrown0407 | @jabrown0407 | Apr 13 10:48am

@kjoed53 I totally understand and I can tell you I had more blood factors out of the normal range than I had in the normal range for longer than I care to remember. It was scary as well as being frustrating because so many doctors would run additional tests and tell me the problem was not in their wheelhouse. We spent months chasing down MGUS only to have a local MGUS specialist at a teaching hospital explain why it was not MGUS. That alone took 6 months.

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