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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

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Took a Fall
I'm so angry and frustrated right now. Legs have been feeling much better. Rotator cuffs and shoulders still painful but somewhat improved. Have resumed walking...
Last active: Oct 10, 2024
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TKR and PMR
I was diagnosed with PMR Nov. 2021. I am down to 1/2 predisolone pill every other day. In general. I continue to experience fatigue, off...
Last active: May 23, 2023
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Does anyone have poor circulation and cold feet? PMR or prednisone?
I developed poor circulation in my hands and feet after diagnosis and commencing Prednisone treatment, my feet are never warm. I also developed peripheral neuropathy...
Last active: Jun 11, 2024
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Supplements to reduce inflammation
I was diagnosed with PMR about a year ago after I got the high does flu shot. My send rate was not that high but...
Last active: Dec 30, 2021
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Can Hashimotos be caused by PMR?
In 2017 I was diagnosed with Hashimoto & put on Levothyroxine. After 2 yrs on meds & not feeling better I sought out an endocrinologist....
Last active: Apr 26, 2023
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Worrying GCA development: Lost sight in one eye temporarily
I have GCA having been biopsied last January. I am on Actemra which I am handing well and was on a taper of Prednisone. 6...
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Dec 26, 2020
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Can the pain of PMR be aggravated from a stomach virus?
Last summer I was diagnosed with having PMR. I was placed on Prednisone to manage the pain, but my body could not tolerate this drug...
Last active: Dec 30, 2022
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Last Covid Booster in August 2022 I’ve had severe pain. Probable PMR
It’s been a journey and a difficult one to even get to this point. My arm (right) pain after shot was unbearable. Then it spread...
Last active: Apr 28, 2023
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Doctors' confusion over diagnosis: Questions they should ask
Since a rheumatologist diagnosed my PMR more than two and a half years ago, two other doctors have second-guessed him. Because PMR is a disease...
Last active: Jun 2, 2024
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Deep aching migrating pain in lowr legs/arms?
LONG 3 yr story made short: With the onset of COVID Nov 2020, I began experiencing deep migrating aching pain in my buttocks, lower legs...
Last active: Dec 6, 2023