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Rheumatoid vs osteo vs psoriatic: How to differentiate the pain?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 21 7:51am | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
@loriesco
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.
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@kjoed53 I still didn't hear from you that your uric acid level was normal. Mine is normal now. I have no arthritis pain. I went through a gallizion tests, 3 rheumatologists, 5 osteoarthritis doctors, a neurologist, 3 orthopedic surgeons....2 endocrinologists, and a few PCM doctors over 25 years. I would like to think they did a simple uric acid level test but maybe it didn't show yet, or they were looking for something else like an immune disorder. (feels the same as that).