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A month into my diagnosis with PMR

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (57)
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Thanks! And the speed at which I'm recovering to me is a pretty clear indication that it's PMR. Also the suddeness and intensity with which it first appeared.

Thank you all for being here.

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Tammy S. | @tls4 | Oct 30, 2023

Up to 20% of PMR patients do not have elevated markers. I am one of them. My PMR hit a year ago July. My CRP started slowly elevating only recently and I have now been diagnosed with GCA. Even with GCA my CRP is only a little over the normal range. But I was diagnosed by temporal biopsy that showed giant cells, as I had symptoms. Everyone’s body is different. It’s too bad the doctors often tend to go by the average and not the span of humanity.

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