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PMR due to immunotherapy for cancer.
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 14 10:59pm | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
@elizabethvalerie, @reaton1indracom - I'm wondering if this post by Mike @dadcue in another PMR discussion might explain what you might also be experiencing with the prednisone tapering - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1574242/.
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It is so difficult to know what to do. I’m facing the same problem because now I have cancer. I don’t know what to do. A surgeon says surgery might be a cure but I would need to stop my biologic treatment for a couple of months.
I don’t have any symptoms of cancer. Mine is slow growing but it could cause some problems in the future. I’m so afraid of surgery because it will remove parts of my abdominal organs. The surgeon says the cancer has been there for at least 6 years. It bothers me that suppressing my immune system can cause cancer. It is a rare type of cancer so nobody knows what causes it.
Ironically … just a few months ago before I knew about the cancer … I told my rheumatologist that I was having more pain than usual. The dose of my biologic was increased but now I’m thinking that maybe wasn’t such a good idea. Now I’m reading that IL-6 inhibitors sometimes helps with the inflammation caused by my type of cancer.