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@kjoed53 did you have your uric acid level tested? There are two kinds of gout by the way. One responds to purines, and is triggered by purines; the other is psuedogout, and only anti-inflammatories ease the pain. I had all the other stuff too... (except the bone marrow biopsy). Somehow, even with my 2 hospitalizations, it slipped through the cracks. I used to test low for uric acid because I could control my purines but no longer.
Its real easy to try moving your body alkaline with lemon water and tart cherry juice (I prefer the tablets). I went to so many arthritis doctors over 25 years it is just crazy.

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My rheumatologist ran every test in the book and ruled out everything but PMR and an unknown blood disorder. He sent me to a hematologist oncologist who ran everything again plus some, ordered an immediate 24 hour urine collection, a full body PET scan and bone marrow biopsy. The results of his testing showed SMM even though I was on 25mg prednisone for the PMR. I saw 8 doctors in 6 months and I've had more tests run during that time period than the rest of my combined life and I'm 73. My doctors have been very thorough. PMR is a diagnosis of exclusion. They rule everything else out first.