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Also have lower disc issues at the moment, sometimes going down my right leg. Yes....my PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/731029/

Discussion: PMR and Sciatica with Back Pain

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Posted: Jul 26, 2022

Hello, New to the group. Back in July of 2023, within a week and a half,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1035146/

Discussion: Confused about PMR symptoms

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 17, 2024

@tuckerp I see a urologist annually to monitor multiple uric acid kidney stones in both kidneys....

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Discussion: Exercise

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Posted: Feb 2 10:51am

I have a question for this group. Yesterday I went to my rheumatologist again. I've been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/601366/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2021

I would not take it again, knowing that this disease could results from it. We're now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/667195/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

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Posted: Jan 2, 2022

I got off Prednisone for PMR after 21 months. I was also taking Kevzara and got...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1452494/

Discussion: Symptoms after you stop prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 4, 2025

Hi, Lisa. Is there something that has a summary of how to use this tool? I've...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180992/

Discussion: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for stroke recovery or PMR

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Posted: Nov 27, 2024

I was taking prednisone and methotrexate simultaneously for LCA or GCA but my rheumatologist decided that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1060509/

Discussion: New PMR patient, wondering if mornings will become pain free someday

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Posted: May 1, 2024

I’m quite sure I know what triggered it in me. I have had 3 lumbar surgeries...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1300645/

Discussion: Do we actually “recover”?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 9, 2025

I had wrist and hand pains develop while tapering when I got down to about 7....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1297243/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

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Posted: May 5, 2025

I had two neck injections for the arm/hand pain and a back injection for the hip...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/871698/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 3, 2023

I had carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists well before PMR and now GCA. Just recently...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864852/

Discussion: Carpal tunnel symptoms and PMR: What choices do I have?

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Posted: May 22, 2023

I started 60mg prednisone Jan 2025, and monthly infusions of Actemra since February. The point of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1346036/

Discussion: Any experience with Actemra - for my mom who is 90 years old

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Posted: Jul 11, 2025

7 years of pmr I have had my hands x-rayed twice because of pain and/or swelling....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481040/

Discussion: Out of frying pan, into fire? PMR aftermath

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Posted: Jan 13 3:13am

Hi Therf. This certainly sounds familiar. I have only been diagnosed a couple of months and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/745628/

Discussion: PMR: Pain moving around your body

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Posted: Sep 5, 2022

@klmint I don’t think there are any great answers that apply to everyone. I’m sometimes reluctant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101576/

Discussion: Do any doctors follow this support group to help us ?

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Posted: Jul 8, 2024

Sorry to hear the fingers are involved. Hoping you get some answers at your follow up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1146457/

Discussion: PMR to RA?

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Posted: Sep 24, 2024

If it is any consolation ... Prednisone makes men gain significant amounts of weight too. Prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1061154/

Discussion: 2 year struggle to get off prednisone still hard to get from 3 to 2mg

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Posted: May 3, 2024

@seniormed. I also had to moderate my activity. I had scale it way back. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/999900/

Discussion: After PMR and return to good health

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 19, 2024

Thanks very much for the advice. I'm 76 years old, and I live on the west...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959527/

Discussion: I’m Not Responding to Prednisone and I Need Advice

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 5, 2023

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