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How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 19 1:42pm | Replies (179)Comment receiving replies
Hi Deb,
My PMR started 1/24/21 36 hrs after my 2nd COVID Pfizer Vaccine. VAERS report was filled out. There is an apparent compensation for vaccine injury’s up to 2 yrs but I just found out 1 yr with the COVID Vaccine. I attempted to navigate the CICP which is the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Group for COVID vaccine injuries. It was too complicated & they recommend a lawyer. I called a local Lawyer from the CICP site. This gentleman told me the reward is so insignificant that we would pay the lawyer more than we would receive. With the other vaccine compensation program VICP the lawyers are paid by the courts if you win but not with CICP. I hope this saves any of you, with a confirmed COVID Vaccine cause, some time.
Best,
Mary
Replies to "Hi Deb, My PMR started 1/24/21 36 hrs after my 2nd COVID Pfizer Vaccine. VAERS report..."
I reported my PMR starting after 1st covid booster to VAERS. I read thru all the pages on compensation, but since I have good insurance I would probably not qualify.
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Thank you for your response. At least I'm not completely bonkers. Pretty sure mine started in June 2021 just a couple of weeks after the first jab and then hit the fan on August 14, 2021 just 10 days after the second jab. The Rheumie, who I've seen once, said to me, "did you ever think that maybe you were just meant to get PMR". That shocked me. I'm like was this my divine fate. None of this runs in my genetics. No autoimmune, no arthritis, nothing. I'm supposed to go back to her end of September. Don't think I will. I now have a new GP, who is pretty good, so unless next week's BDX shows anything nasty, I will stick with him.