@darkarta - Sorry, I remember the swelling I had at the time I was diagnosed in Jan 2007. Looking back at my clinical notes from the meeting with the rheumatologist I see that the only thing they mentioned was I had fluid in my right knee and they performed an aspiration to remove the excess fluid and then gave me a cortisone shot. I was on prednisone until 2010 when I was able to taper off when the PMR went into remission. I don't have the numbers for the CRP or SED rate test but do remember they were high when my PMR came out of remission in 2016 and I went back on prednisone for a year and half. The doctor mentioned RA but only in asking if someone in my family had it. My mother had RA and I do remember how bad the pain in her hands from swollen joints.