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Two weeks in, frightened by meds, PMR and COVID Booster Shot
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 22, 2023 | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
Age 71, my PMR started when I was playing excessive Pickleball in Feb. I loved getting in shape, the laughter, the friends.
I just knew I suddenly needed two hip replacements and a shoulder, which had been hurting for a year due to osteoarthritis, rotator cuff. My hips have never hurt.
When I woke up March 15 with the other shoulder as bad as the right one, I knew it was PMR. Could not get out of bed, beached whale.
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Sorry to hear of your increased pain. I have been on prednisone 1 year, very low dose. I had been on 1 1/2 mgs , with morning pain until I took my prednisone and was actually pain free for 10 days a few weeks ago. Went to 1 mg, got a stomach virus, and now I am back where I started. I guess the virus caused a flair or I decreased too quickly. PMR is relentless!