@ronludington My PMR started in August of last year and was diagnosed by my primary Doctor on 12/04/2025. I went thru 8 weeks of muscle pain in my arms, shoulder, neck and even my left knee was in so much pain my walking was a challenge. I went to ER and they gave me shots of antibiotics in each arm and sent me home and I also saw 5 different doctors... In late October one of the doctors gave me 6 day prescription of prednisone and I immediately was finally able to sleep. So my primary doctors office started prescribing 10mg of prednisone until I was able to see the specialist at The Iowa Arthritis Center in the Des Moines area on 02/04/2026. So when I finally saw specialists he was unhappy my doctors office did not reach out sooner to get me in. He then put me on 20mg for 7 days and tapered every 7 days until done so 20mg to 15mg to 10mg then 7.5, 5mg and off prednisone in 5 weeks. Flared up 3 weeks later on prednisone again for 3 weeks off again and then on again for another 3 weeks and now have been off for 9 days and have some small pain but manageable. I am a 62 yr old male and was running 3 miles 4x per week until last August. I am now walking at an incline to get exercise. I am mostly Northern European which seems to be the majority of people with this decease/muscle disorder... or whatever you want to call this nightmare. I am almost 11 months into this and I guess specialist thinks I am super human I guess. Sorry if some of this is not making sense but I am sure you get the gest of this. Again I wish you the best! Bill