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My husband is scheduled for carpal tunnel surgery this Tuesday, because of severe pain and numbness...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1178680/

Discussion: Tingling fingers part of PMR symptom?

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Posted: Nov 23, 2024

Now I feel bad because I wouldn't want you to wait until the pain becomes debilitating...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1003120/

Discussion: Advice/experience about going back on Prednisone

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Posted: Jan 24, 2024

My rheumatologist often used the terminology "systemic inflammation" instead of PMR. The association of PMR to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185666/

Discussion: Anyone having flareups of PMR after stressful situation?”

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Posted: Dec 6, 2024

Ugh! That doesn't sound like a new chapter that anyone with PMR or other condition wants...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1166526/

Discussion: Locking finger joints & hypermobility

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Posted: Nov 2, 2024

Hello Alan @alanbruce, Sorry I missed your post. Glad to hear you are doing well with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/291104/

Discussion: After PMR and return to good health

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Posted: Feb 3, 2020

My pmr was diagnosed in Dec, 2018 and I started on 20 mg. I started splitting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/932015/

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

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Posted: Sep 18, 2023

At first, in January, a doctor diagnosed it fairly quickly in my first meeting with him....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/600735/

Discussion: Terry Wahls Protocol

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Posted: May 10, 2021

Hi @pfafpa & Thank you John for the tag 😉 @johnbishop I am a Certified Nurses...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/319145/

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

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Posted: Aug 12, 2020

@deborahinmaine, you just described my past year. Last February, I awoke with bilateral very painful, swollen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290228/

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

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Posted: Apr 26, 2025

Terry, I have had a lot if ups and downs with my pmr. My pcp sent...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/922913/

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

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Posted: Sep 2, 2023

I was diagnosed with PMR back in Jan. 2022 and put on 20mg Prednisone immediately and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/746304/

Discussion: PMR: Pain moving around your body

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Posted: Sep 6, 2022

@leonalawrence when my PMR started last summer I thought I had severe sciatica because I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1452875/

Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?

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Posted: Dec 4, 2025

I don't use any OTC meds. I do believe that I read someplace not to use...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/612826/

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

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Posted: Jun 30, 2021

I’m on Lyrica it isn’t helping much and I can not go above 100mg because the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/612074/

Discussion: Anyone have experience with Low Dose Naltrexone instead of prednisone?

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Posted: Jun 27, 2021

Thank you for your comments. One of the many challenges with PMR is that everyone's journey...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1184661/

Discussion: Emotional Roller Coaster and PMR

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Posted: Dec 4, 2024

Hi Kerri, I had my first Kevzara injection about 3 months ago and had immediate chest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1164047/

Discussion: The Kevzara injection

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Posted: Oct 28, 2024

HI @art43 ha ha - i have a running joke at work about using "military time"...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1009862/

Discussion: Wrist and finger pain while tapering prednisone

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Posted: Feb 5, 2024

A few weeks ago, I specifically asked my rheumatologist about Prednisone and PMR. Obviously it is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/299069/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), prednisone and Coronavirus COVID-19

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Posted: Apr 10, 2020

Hi Tinkerbell, I really don't think they are masking the symptoms, but I could be entirely...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197230/

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

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Posted: Jul 1, 2018

Regarding pain in the hands, I have had burning, swelling and pain in the hands since...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/753671/

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

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Posted: Sep 25, 2022

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