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I told someone I had PMR and they looked it up and said it looked like...
I told someone I had PMR and they looked ... Followed a week later by crippling pain ... in lower back and hip and leg muscles ... Water retention, pain, shortness of ... in walking and the constellation of pain
Hey @cgent!, Thanks for the private message. I thought I would respond in the discussion I...
trying to find -- Buttock/tailbone pain ... sitting or lying down - symptom of PMR ... time my butt really hurts ... the backs ... Anyone else have pain in the rear that ... may be associated with PMR, bouncy
A little recap -- mine started out with neck / should pain middle of September 2021....
mine started out with neck / should pain ... the head ache came -- I thought the back ... my pcp -- he automatically thought pmr ... for the temple biopsy and it came back ... now my hips and tops of my legs are painful
I am an avid golfer and skier I am 73 got pmr last June started on...
avid golfer and skier I am 73 got pmr ... prednisone got down to 8 had a flare in Dec back ... Problem I am now making sure that my pain ... agree but we are all different and pmr
Discussion: Golf and PMR
Posted: Apr 4, 2022
Hi @mzamyl, my rheumatologist told me that tapering is a fine balancing act. A doctor friend...
me that prednisone is needed - with PMR ... the horrible stiff neck was coming back ... , so I just very reluctantly went back ... Eventually PMR and GCA go away. ... reduce the inflammation and lessen the pain
So glad to have found this discussion forum. I was just diagnosed with PMR last week...
I was just diagnosed with PMR last week ... I was in pain and stiffness for about ... feel much better, I am certainly not back ... to pre PMR. ... However, I do still have some pain,
I'm going through a similar problem with the taper. I went from 20 mg down to...
went from 20 mg down to 10 with no pain ... At 8 mg I had some pain but wasn&#39 ... ;t sure if it was PMR or pre-existing ... back and neck pain. ... called my doctor and he told me to go back
My GCA was diagnosed by quickly getting me on to 60mg prednisone after seeing the elevated...
Scalp,jaw,neck,temple pain. ... Like the letter here a few letters back ... I call the aches and pains "old ... CRP numbers seem to be low but the pains ... be a gold standard for diagnosis of PMR
Thank you. I had been in too much pain to do normal exercise and use weights....
I had been in too much pain to do normal ... that regular use might help build back ... muscle atrophy is a common symptom of PMR ... possible underlying condition behind PMR ... As apparently PMR is not the disease
A few points that may help you sort this out. 15-20% of people have normal blood...
blood markers when diagnosed with PMR ... PMR pain and ESR/CRP don't necessarily ... It's PMR pain that let's you ... According to Mayo, PMR lasts for 5.9 ... If the pain is back, you likely need
I found this group while searching for flare up information, my pathway through PMR has been...
up information, my pathway through PMR ... 26th for more than 2 hours due to pain ... today 28th actually sleep ok mild pain ... leave a voicemail and she will get back ... process, i will be waiting till i hear back
Posted: Jan 29, 2022
@aspine, I kept a daily log with the pain I was having in the morning along...
aspine, I kept a daily log with the pain ... I used a pain scale of 1 to 10 with ... , I either went back to the previous ... the dose to 6 mg instead of going back ... threshholds for PMR.
Posted: Jan 24, 2022
Once I was started on the prednisone, I just used how I felt each morning along...
each morning along with my daily pain ... years after remission, it was the PMR ... pain coming back and confirmed by a ... rate and CRP test that started me back ... The PMR last a year and a half the second
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 23, 2022
Thank you for your good advice, and my sentiments exactly. Before I had PMR, I didn't...
Before I had PMR, I didn't understand ... how people became addicted to pain ... , taking prednisone and then going back ... again, the worst of the stiffness and pain
I got my first two Moderna vax's in February. Pre-PMR. No apparent issues. Then I was...
Pre-PMR. No apparent issues. ... Then I was diagnosed with PMR in September ... that what I thought was a flareup of back ... know - before I started having other pain ... of prednisone and completely out of pain
Welcome @milld835, I'm sorry to hear you are having so much pain after your second COVID...
sorry to hear you are having so much pain ... answers when your neurologist gets back ... rheumatologist would diagnose the PMR ... primary care doctor think it might be PMR
I too am having struggles. I was almost an invalid by the time I was diagnosed....
They suggested go back to 10 which ... but no better lots of stiffness and pain ... 12 and still too much soreness and pain ... to taper again as mentor John says pain ... all struggle trying to get over the pmr
My rheumatologist answered yesterday and put me back up to 15 mg. I have to go...
rheumatologist answered yesterday and put me back ... So much about PMR is perception and ... myself because of shoulder and muscle pain
Hello @kfassler, Welcome to Connect. I'm really sorry to hear your PMR came back. I don't...
I'm really sorry to hear your PMR ... came back. ... ;t blame you for not wanting to go back ... there has been no improvement in your pain ... started with 20mg prednisone and the pain