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Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 13 9:52am | Replies (217)

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@johnbishop

Hello @amptrooper, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @lisalucier and other members. I have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but it's currently in remission. My primary care doctor did ask me some questions after my second occurrence of PMR to find out if I had any pain or sensitivity in my scalp and other areas of the head. I asked him what would that mean and he said it's not uncommon to also develop/have Temporal Artritis along with PMR. I thought it was a little sensitive and he ran some tests and determined I didn't have it.

My thinking is along with that of @bt56, keep learning as much as you can about your health condition, keep asking questions and most important keep pushing the doctors for answers. You really are your best advocate. Another search tool I use that can be helpful is Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/). I'm not sure if you are familiar with it but if not give it a try.

Hope you have a very Happy Friday!

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I neglected to say that I have both PMR And Giant Cell Arteritis so the tender spots on your head sounded very familiar