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I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2022 and started on 20 mg of Prednisone with...
I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2022 ... a major flare with leg and buttock pain ... Ill start tapering again when I get back ... the relationship between exercise, PMR ... Previous to PMR I was fairly active
Posted: Aug 26, 2022
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with PMR 2 years ago. My CR-P and sed rate were...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with PMR ... ended up in the ER with severe lower back ... pain radiating into hips, pain wakes ... The pain in my back is so new I' ... wonderful opportunity to educate myself on PMR
Hi …I agree that’s it works better to ramp down slowly. I’ve had PMR since last...
I’ve had PMR since last spring and started ... down from 20 since January) and 99% pain ... point it takes me 5 days of going back
Posted: Aug 19, 2022
From what my dr said, you need to be mostly pain-free before stepping down. I'm at...
my dr said, you need to be mostly pain-free ... be taking just enough to lower the pain ... Some days I have very little PMR pain ... , then others smack me right back down
Posted: Aug 10, 2022
Hi. I am new to the world of PMR and it's horrible....In the 90's I was...
I am new to the world of PMR and it& ... thinking it was RA but she thought PMR ... So I will go back up. ... been on it since the 90's and my PMR ... it could do for PMR. .but I believe
Posted: Aug 10, 2022
Hello everyone. I’m so happy to have found this place. I have had symptoms of PMR...
I have had symptoms of PMR and GCA for ... My blood results came back showing nothing ... and I was referred to pain management ... headaches and pressure in my neck…and the back ... and arm pain are bad.
So I'm reading all these posts with some trepidation, because I've been put on 40mg prednisone...
down), but when I got below 20mg, the PMR ... came roaring back. ... It only helped when I went back up to ... 1000mg of the stuff if it stopped the pain ... seeing my neurologist--who treats PMR
Posted: Aug 7, 2022
I am relatively new to PMR started prednisone 15 MG in April. Tapered down to 12.5...
I am relatively new to PMR started prednisone ... Flare ups started so Dr put me back ... prednisone, I woke up this morning without pain ... pred and turmeric w yogurt and go back
Yea, a fellow equestrian! I am working so hard at just trying to stay in the...
saddle and figure out what is over use pain ... , out right injury and PMR pain. ... For me the PMR indicator is turning ... When PMR first showed up, I went from ... western saddle on to my horse's back
Posted: Aug 6, 2022
Hi, I am specially interested to read the very wide range of experiences of people tapering...
Rheumatologist, while my friend who developed PMR ... no test results, no recurrence of pain ... should be expected to start kicking back
Posted: Aug 4, 2022
Hi, PMR hit me May 22, though I wasn't diagnosed for nearly a month. I was...
Hi, PMR hit me May 22, though I wasn ... prednisone, which did very little for the pain ... Once I got below 20mg, the pain came ... back full force. ... After many fits and starts, she put me back
Posted: Jul 31, 2022
I have appreciated the trochanter bursitis discussion. In September I will be two years out from...
said my labs are good and I’m over PMR ... , but the pain is so annoying. ... It is so difficult to sleep on my back ... I take no medication for pain, continue ... 10,000 steps a day, ironically the pain
Regarding PMR symptoms -- does PMR always cause joint pain and stiffness or can it just...
Regarding PMR symptoms -- does PMR always ... cause joint pain and stiffness or can ... I've been having severe muscle pain ... all over, but mainly in my upper back ... and neck, sometimes up the back and
I am 72, have had PMR for over a year now, on prednisone for almost a...
I am 72, have had PMR for over a year ... main complaint of leg weakness and pain ... I get pain sometimes in the front of ... my thighs, sometimes the back and sometimes ... legs are not the "classic" PMR
Posted: Jun 23, 2022
Thank you for your kind words. I, too, hope your GP can speed up the process...
;s not uncommon for a disease like PMR ... for me, if someone shared they had back ... pain, I had limited empathy until I ... experienced back pain myself. ... Living with PMR for three years has
The Rheumatologist was as her reviews depicted her. My approach was to go in with an...
coffee, because fatigue is part of PMR ... well maybe you were just meant to get PMR ... could not move my arms downward and back ... was no problem, nor is putting them back ... returning from before the PMR even
Posted: May 31, 2022
I found getting all the reports of the blood work into the Rheumatologist hands bot me...
I had experienced -when I had the pain ... what I took to try and alleviate the pain ... I went back to the beginning which was ... history and immediately suggested I had PMR
My husband was recently diagnosed with PMR. He was a very active, fit 63 year old...
husband was recently diagnosed with PMR ... showed all of the classic symptoms of PMR ... weeks with little improvement of his pain ... symptoms decrease, he is nowhere near back
Posted: May 23, 2022