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thanks hunib33. what's confusing about this for me is the pain is just in my calves and feet. And it's a pain I don't have at other times. but interesting you to know you have something similar. yes, I've had to moderate my pace and just keep going, though it doesn't make exercising as enjoyable as it used to be. do You think it is a symptom of PMR? my rheumatologist had never heard of it.
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I can’t say sca108 if it’s PMR but that seems most likely to me. PMR can present symptoms that aren’t logical. For instance, about 90 days before I came down with all the typical PMR symptoms, I was experiencing pain in my shoulders after walking. Just my shoulders and it would go away within a half hour. Turns out it was an early warning symptom because a few months later those same shoulder muscles, along with the major muscles in my legs became almost unbearably painful and stiff. That was the beginning of PMR in my case. It’s a puzzling condition.
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The "myalgia" in polymyalgia literally means pain in a muscle or group of muscles. PMR affects muscles as well as joints. At first I was able to do very little exercise at all without severe muscle pain, but five months into treatment I can do some normal activities without pain.