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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 @delilah2020, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thanks for sharing your experience. I think you are right about the facial swelling and the prednisone dosage. I had a little of the "moon face" with my first bout with PMR while taking prednisone. It did seem better for me when I got below 10 mg.

Are you able to let us know if your upcoming CT rules out other causes for the swelling?

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delilah2020 | @delilah2020 | Nov 10, 2020

Sure will John.

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delilah2020 | @delilah2020 | Nov 20, 2020

Just got my CT Scan results on stomach and thankful all clear. CT scan on lungs earlier was also clear. Doctor decreasing me from 12mg pred. to 10mg. He will keep decreasing 1mg a month after. Perhaps the unsightly neck humps will start decreasing and eventually disappear as doc has ruled the swelling is from the steroid and not due to swollen lymp nodes. Just want my body builder image to go away.

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