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@queenie2030

Thank you for your reply. I have been watching my diet for a year now, eating no sugar other than what is in fruit. Less meat more salads. My numbers just aren't going down very quickly. I guess there is nothing quick about PMR. I will try the slow taper soon. I think I can finally determine if my pain is from osteo arthritis which Tylenol helps or PMR. They really are different pains. I keep learning from folks like you My CRP has actually gone up since my diagnosis over a year ago. Good luck to you in being pain free.

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It’s so challenging to determine what’s right or not right as each one of us has our own physiology to deal with. My understanding, and in discussions with my doctor, unless the CRP is grossly high (in my case it was 65 - Canadian testing and I was near to GCA. But down at say 20 CRP mine can be attributed to other inflammatory things going on in my body and also my stress levels. At the CRP level, I tend to lean towards pain and mobility as an indicator ….again this is my situation and only following discussion with my dr.