My Journey with PMR: Listening to my body.

Once Pred had the PMR under control and I was able to exercise again I still had pain and weakness in my left shoulder. I did come to realise that it felt better after swimming and I was able to do shoulder exercises with 3k weights so thought I was winning. After my extreme challenge the other week I had forgotten about my shoulder as it no longer gave me any problems. Not been swimming for a few days and pain was back and I realised it was nothing to do with PMR just good old arthritis. It is the shoulder that I had a rotator cuff injury years ago so bond to happen. Swimming 4 times a week now, just 6 lengths fast crawl and done, I do smile that it takes longer to shower afterwards then the swim itself. But just those few hard lengths keep the shoulder moving. At the back of my mind a little voice says the Pred was masking the problem and now I am on 6mg I have to get on and sort it myself.

Once Pred had the PMR under control and I was able to exercise again I still had pain and weakness in my left shoulder. I did come to realise that it felt better after swimming and I was able to do shoulder exercises with 3k weights so thought I was winning. After my extreme challenge the other week I had forgotten about my shoulder as it no longer gave me any problems. Not been swimming for a few days and pain was back and I realised it was nothing to do with PMR just good old arthritis. It is the shoulder that I had a rotator cuff injury years ago so bond to happen. Swimming 4 times a week now, just 6 lengths fast crawl and done, I do smile that it takes longer to shower afterwards then the swim itself. But just those few hard lengths keep the shoulder moving. At the back of my mind a little voice says the Pred was masking the problem and now I am on 6mg I have to get on and sort it myself.

Once Pred had the PMR under control and I was able to exercise again I still had pain and weakness in my left shoulder. I did come to realise that it felt better after swimming and I was able to do shoulder exercises with 3k weights so thought I was winning. After my extreme challenge the other week I had forgotten about my shoulder as it no longer gave me any problems. Not been swimming for a few days and pain was back and I realised it was nothing to do with PMR just good old arthritis. It is the shoulder that I had a rotator cuff injury years ago so bond to happen. Swimming 4 times a week now, just 6 lengths fast crawl and done, I do smile that it takes longer to shower afterwards then the swim itself. But just those few hard lengths keep the shoulder moving. At the back of my mind a little voice says the Pred was masking the problem and now I am on 6mg I have to get on and sort it myself.

One more day of 5mg to go. Definitely felt much better yesterday and today even better. Spring cleaned the front room at 6 am then weight training at the gym and managed to lift a few heavier weights which is why I now have that delicious muscle pain after some hard work. Someone even remarked that I looked happier and not struggling anymore, which I thought was really nice. Going to use 4.5mg for 2 or 3 days before dropping to 4 and at least I know what to expect. Sun is shinning so off for a short run with my Dob.

One more day of 5mg to go. Definitely felt much better yesterday and today even better. Spring cleaned the front room at 6 am then weight training at the gym and managed to lift a few heavier weights which is why I now have that delicious muscle pain after some hard work. Someone even remarked that I looked happier and not struggling anymore, which I thought was really nice. Going to use 4.5mg for 2 or 3 days before dropping to 4 and at least I know what to expect. Sun is shinning so off for a short run with my Dob.

Started the 4.5 on Monday and all was well of course but different story yesterday. At the gym in the morning I kept giving up on each bit of equipment and then trying again and failing so went home. Gave myself a good talking to and decided doing my favourite thing in the world would help. So dog in car and drove to our nearest countryside walk. Still got a bit of wild weather here in the UK but that just made it more fun. I even started thinking that on Thursday I could put trail running shoes on and really have some fun. The grassy muddy path we were walking on is in between two quite deep water ways. A Deer appears over one side and that is the first one my young Dob has seen and she was off. Like most Dobermann she will walk round a puddle rather then getting her paws wet so I knew she would not go in the water. After 5 minutes she gave up and I realised I had not got stressed. In the afternoon the pain started in my right hand. Then seemed like all my right side so I went to bed and the warmth helped a lot. Pain stopped after a couple of hours. Feeling much better this morning. I am aware that for adrenal health the Vit B’s are so important so getting some Vit B complex. They will of course take a few weeks to kick in but will be interesting to see if they help. I can then stop having Marmite on toast as that was starting to annoy me. Sun will be shinning this morning so off for a lovely dog walk on the beach.

Started the 4.5 on Monday and all was well of course but different story yesterday. At the gym in the morning I kept giving up on each bit of equipment and then trying again and failing so went home. Gave myself a good talking to and decided doing my favourite thing in the world would help. So dog in car and drove to our nearest countryside walk. Still got a bit of wild weather here in the UK but that just made it more fun. I even started thinking that on Thursday I could put trail running shoes on and really have some fun. The grassy muddy path we were walking on is in between two quite deep water ways. A Deer appears over one side and that is the first one my young Dob has seen and she was off. Like most Dobermann she will walk round a puddle rather then getting her paws wet so I knew she would not go in the water. After 5 minutes she gave up and I realised I had not got stressed. In the afternoon the pain started in my right hand. Then seemed like all my right side so I went to bed and the warmth helped a lot. Pain stopped after a couple of hours. Feeling much better this morning. I am aware that for adrenal health the Vit B’s are so important so getting some Vit B complex. They will of course take a few weeks to kick in but will be interesting to see if they help. I can then stop having Marmite on toast as that was starting to annoy me. Sun will be shinning this morning so off for a lovely dog walk on the beach.