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Had Shingles shot and now have PMR
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 17 3:40am | Replies (78)Comment receiving replies
That is a scary list of additives but it really doesn’t matter whether PMR was triggered by the Zoster or one or more of the non medical ingredients. What matters is my/our comfort level and quality of life changed drastically. Even though the pain level is managed through prednisone I have not had one day in the past 10+ months where I felt even close to how I did prior to the onset of PMR. I’m talking about energy level, emotional stability, mental sharpness, endurance, ability to plan/organize. It doesn’t feel like ME. Is it PMR, prednisone side effects, my unrelated eye condition or something else. If I could undo one thing in my life it would have been that one day in early January when I got the Shingles and Tetanus vaccines together.
Well I got that off my chest.
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I understand how you feel. It' been four years since I was diagnosed (at last) with PMR. I am pretty much over the flare up but I am now looking at a 79 year old woman who has aged drastically over that time. I am mentally not the same person and really don't recognize the person in the mirror. But it is what it is and I have no choice but work with what I have. Not something I am good at. I am definitely a Berger King kind of person, I want it my way, but I have to come to terms with the fact that those days are gone. If I could take back those 8 weeks when my husband was getting over a broken leg, and being the good guy, I stepped up to take care of our large garden as well as the housework and taking care of him. I also made it worse by eating omelets made with the beautiful tomatoes and peppers in the garden, along with pork chops and home fried, and chinese food. But that was yesterday and now I have to take care of today. With the need for flu and covid shots coming up I have a hard decision as to take them or not.
Not that it's any physical help but be aware that you have friends here and getting things off your chest can be a big help.
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I got the Shingles shot and senior flu vaccine on the same day in September 2019. Within 4 days, I could barely lift my arms, had a painful neck, and a low grade fever for a couple months until I was diagnosed with PMR in December.