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Do you mean you had a blood draw and the doctor never got the results? That seems like a mistake on the part of the system. But I had a sort of reverse situation the first time I got PMR. When I explained my symptoms my PCP said "I know just what you have. We'll get a blood test and you can start treatment right away." But the blood test came back negative, so he sent me to a Rheumatologist who said. "I agree with Dr. X. Let's take another blood test." He reported it not only came back negative, but it wasn't even close to what you would expect for it to be PMR. But despite that, he prescribed prednisone and said we would go by whether it worked or not. It did. About 5 years later it came back. This time the blood test agreed.

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No, the results came back un the under edge of what makes diagnosis definitive. My symptoms however are classic. I'm naturally a very limber person, and still, at 79 working a physical job. woke up not being able to raise my arms t even shoulder level and bending not fat enough at his to be able to reach knee level. Husband had to lift my legs in and out of bed. A long time friend's (retired scientist) sister had long covid and I called to ask about that. She told me I had PMR as she had been battling that over a year at that time. I offered my doc that info and he thought I was doing internet diagnosis until I explained that she was a a trained scientist and had been being treated for quite a while. He then consulted a rheumatologist, put me on prednisone and within an hour and a half I was feeling and moving well. it's been up and down, one flare while on meds, still on 7 mgs. Cannot seem to get down to 5 without flaring, glad I'm old less time for the term effects of meds! Just wish I were not so darned unreasonably hungry.