I'm just having severe pain on my left shoulder back area ..as if you take your right hand and pat yourself on the left back shoulder..it's chronic non stop pain throbbing and is so painful..no redness or swelling I can see or feel..just bad pain. I had a mild pinkish itchy rash on my left lower back over New Years whuch was there fir approximately 2 weeks and couldn't get in to a doctor. Then rash subsided but pain started in shoulder..i have a dermatology appt this Tuesday..Im.hoping someone can diagnose me because I'm I'm severe pain. I read that PMR comes on suddenly ..5 days of severe pain chronic ..so far.

@johnbishop my rheumatologist, after one year of steroid treatment, has claimed I do not have PMR. All my numbers are still slightly elevated and I have recurring symptoms, but she insists I do not have PMR. My pcp, her pa, the hematologist/oncologists all agree I have PMR. Because I also have digestive issues she is blaming all issues on my gut!

I am so disgusted and can’t help but wonder if her dismissing me is ageism. She sent me to the emergency room and I definitely experienced ageism there!