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I agree that diet makes a difference. Avoiding sugar is almost impossible over the holidays, but...
holidays, but come January, I'm back ... any more than a 1 mg per month, the pain ... starts to come back. ... list of the things that affect my PMR ... pain, as follows, and will likely add
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 22, 2023
You are right ... there isn't much research about how long one needs to be on...
one needs to be on a biologic for PMR ... I was surprised the pain didn't ... feeling well along with some aches and pains ... pain so I stopped prednisone after ... I did have cause to go back on prednisone
I am looking for advice - I contracted PMR in mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone...
looking for advice - I contracted PMR ... prednisone daily but it only relieved my pain ... now at 10mg a week I am experiencing pain ... away for the holidays - and won’t be back
Posted: Dec 21, 2023
I've made it. My tests came back today and they show I am over PMR. However,...
My tests came back today and they show ... I am over PMR. ... However, I still have pain which seems
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 19, 2023
Since diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ago (severe pain), the pain stopped about 4-5 days...
Since diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ... ago (severe pain), the pain stopped ... bad food, especially that would make PMR ... Back to the sugar and the previous comments ... When PMR started and before Prednisone
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 14, 2023
I have not heard of anyone with PMR tapering and going off Prednisone that quickly, Elizabeth,...
I have not heard of anyone with PMR ... completed the prednisone you may be back ... in pain. ... but am experiencing some upper arm pains
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 12, 2023
Thanks for your response. To clarify, I haven’t experienced ReA- my then 25 yo son did...
experience with steroids in the 80’s before back ... when I asked for it in a particularly painful ... Pain, mood, energy, mental acuity - ... So the fact that my pain in flares always ... say I’m an odd duck mix of RA and PMR
Posted: Dec 6, 2023
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have been on since the start of PMR?...
you have been on since the start of PMR ... problems would begin at 10 mg and pain ... doing Actemra injections every 2 weeks back ... I didn't have an increase in pain ... forum about using Actemra for PMR.
Posted: Dec 5, 2023
I think it’s a wonderful thing that you feel up to getting back out. I am...
thing that you feel up to getting back ... I am also 64 and PMR has definitely ... when I started tapering prednisone my pain ... came roaring back.
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Nov 30, 2023
I'm a retired nurse. I worked as a nurse for 10 years after being diagnosed with...
10 years after being diagnosed with PMR ... Waking up in pain at 3 a.m. made it ... Waking up in pain at 3 a.m. ... ;t ideal because I couldn't go back ... to sleep the entire night without pain
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
I had PMR 2015 for about 2 years , weaned off Prednisone and I thought I...
I had PMR 2015 for about 2 years , weaned ... week later, I suddenly had severe pain ... To go back to 2015 when first diagnosed ... with PMR I was warned about LGA but
Posted: Nov 15, 2023
@mountainbikergirl, It sounds like the current 1 mg dosage of prednisone is controlling the symptoms. My...
medical guess is yes he still has PMR ... like he's going on 1 year of the PMR ... My first time with PMR lasted 3 and ... six months going back and forth between ... prednisone without having the severe pain
Posted: Nov 9, 2023
Hello. I remember having all the same symptoms. I was diagnosed Feb. of this year. Started...
took me up to 15mg for ten days then back ... just described was the only way my pain ... to a tolerable minimum with mostly pain ... site along with reading articles on PMR ... prevent extended periods of increased pain
Posted: Nov 4, 2023
I would interpret that as "...I haven't seen any PMR patients that didn't fix in the...
as "...I haven't seen any PMR ... nice but completely dismissive to my pain ... #39;t care if I was still in great pain ... probably have this for life and come back
We are all different, and since prednisone relieves any inflammation, yes, it may be another form...
But it can be PMR affecting hands. ... However my hands are bilaterally painful ... swelling between the knuckles and no pain ... Bilateral behind the knees before I went back ... , along with PMR plus osteoarthritis
I have been off prednisone for nearly 3 years. I still have visits with my rheumatologist...
My PMR condition is being treated with ... she wants to know if I'm having PMR ... by PMR or any of my other autoimmune ... I don't associate with PMR or any ... When we talk about my back pain, she
I might be the only person who thinks prednisone might have caused me to have PMR...
prednisone might have caused me to have PMR ... a long distance bicycle ride when PMR ... Severe back pain usually came with a ... Since prednisone relieved the back pain ... Eventually PMR was diagnosed.
Posted: Oct 21, 2023
I started drinking a collagen powder supplement in my coffee and after about 2 months my...
coffee and after about 2 months my PMR ... So my dr diagnosed PMR. ... continued to feel great no fatigue no pain ... After a month I slowly added vitamins back
Posted: Oct 8, 2023
Nothing new that I was taking; my exercise program was the same for years, just the...
again to see what would happen the pain ... in my adductor tendon came back not ... It took 5 days to feel the full PMR ... maybe this is also a factor in the PMR
Posted: Oct 7, 2023