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@petermccarville What an excellent and factual write. Since my diagnosis with PMR, (being a retired science...
Since my diagnosis with PMR, (being ... and not consequential, so a while back ... My peripheral PMR pains (palms, soles ... (two days after the alcohol) I was back ... My normal is: no hip pain, no knee pain
Posted: Feb 27 9:53am
I have read all the posts about "moderate" intake of alcohol in this section. I have...
I have gone back and forth as to how ... When I came down with PMR in March 2025 ... I was almost paralyzed with pain and ... PMR is a serious disease and needed ... Life does not stop when PMR comes.
Posted: Feb 26 9:41am
When my PMR started, 6/2024, I typically weighed in around 175- 180. I started prednisone at...
When my PMR started, 6/2024, I typically ... started prednisone at 20mg, had a few painful ... still with some of the usual morning PMR ... shoulder and back discomfort that usually ... all have different experiences with PMR
I had undiagnosed PMR for about 6 months before I developed symptoms of GCA. The GCA...
I had undiagnosed PMR for about 6 months ... were low grade fever, night sweats, pain ... a temporal artery biopsy that came back ... monthly Actemra infusions to treat the PMR
@irene6754 It is a very long story! Yes ... I eventually managed to get off Prednisone....
#34; I also had some body aches and pains ... but nothing that seemed like PMR. ... certain" that Actemra controlled PMR ... interesting and complicated after I went back
I'm being treated for PMR. Like you, I did not experience pain and stiffness in the...
I'm being treated for PMR. ... Like you, I did not experience pain ... The pain would shoot down my inner thighs ... to the back of my knees. ... Medrol dose pack, it was most likely PMR
Posted: Mar 2 7:37pm
I was hospitalized a year ago, diagnosed with PMR and have gone from 40 mg Prednisone...
hospitalized a year ago, diagnosed with PMR ... I went back up to 10 mg daily to help ... ease the pain.
Posted: Feb 21 8:59am
The short answer is yes. The rather long story is as follows: I'm a retired ER...
About a year ago my pains began to get ... friends, I became convinced that I had PMR ... My knee pains never quite went away ... and now have come back to almost pre-PMR ... is probably my osteoarthritis, not PMR
@sharon44r I've had 2 instances of PMR. The first one lasted 3 and half years followed...
sharon44r I've had 2 instances of PMR ... The second instance of PMR lasted 1 ... years so hoping it is never coming back ... #39;t really say it will never come back ... and I do have aches and pains from
I am relatively new to PMR. Diagnosed finally in May 2025 after suffering for 6 months,...
I am relatively new to PMR. ... prednisone although I still had some pain ... I carried on thinking that some pain ... Went back up to 10 mg and started feeling ... and am back up to 10 mg.
Posted: Mar 5 11:01pm
@dadcue Hi Mike, I have been on prednisone for PMR and trying to taper. I am...
Mike, I have been on prednisone for PMR ... have moved to 7 mg my right shoulder pain ... My rheumatologist recommended going back
Posted: Mar 5 3:28pm
@gregmaka18 . With you being on prednisone for so long and at a reasonably high dose,...
adrenals are definitely malaise and odd pains ... I did, however, have all the odd pains ... and some that felt like PMR but they ... coming back. ... not sure, by your post, if you had PMR
Posted: Feb 21 10:20am
Hi @tyman23, I think that Actemra has worked reasonably well for me. I was hoping for...
I was hoping for zero pain but I still ... experience some persistent pain primarily ... in my back and not PMR related. ... degenerative disc disease and a history of back
Posted: Feb 20 10:09am
Thanks so much for this thread! I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA in April 2023 following a...
I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA in April ... following a sudden onset of severe hip pain ... get myself out of bed because the pain ... Pain came back in spades. ... injections of Actemra but I am not pain
Posted: Feb 14 11:37am
@megz Isn't it amazing how many of these autoimmune conditions have many of the same symptoms....
and it felt basically the same as PMR ... back then. ... PMR was diagnosed when I was 52 so I ... was barely old enough for PMR. ... neuralgia with all of that facial pain
Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?
Posted: Feb 9 6:40pm
Hi Jeff97. Thank you for your quick, comprehensive response. I am thrilled you are feeling better!!...
Due to extreme pain, in the ER Labor ... He still can’t tell if I have RA/PMR ... relief on days 3,4,5 then back to my ... usual pain levels of 12-14. ... Right shoulder is screaming in pain
Discussion: Possible GCA
Posted: Jan 23 3:01pm
@dadcue thank you for sharing your experience. I first got PMR in 2021. On prednisone for...
I first got PMR in 2021. ... Started back on prednisone this March ... for PMR. ... I’ve noticed now though having pain
Discussion: Is it PMR?
Posted: Jan 18 9:56am
@alandy233 & re: Jeff. I also have PMR/GCA. My rheumatologist put me on 60 mg of...
I also have PMR/GCA. ... At that point I was in such pain I didn ... side effects or GCA possibly coming back ... only option, it’s better than the pain ... & PMR. Certainly not for me.
Posted: Jan 13 5:55pm
I was diagnosed with PMR in May, then my rheumatologist changed and the new one said...
I was diagnosed with PMR in May, then ... I have pain in both shoulders and between ... them, both hips and lower back.
Discussion: Is it PMR?
Posted: Jan 12 11:57am
I am very glad I found this support group. So helpful to not feel alone with...
see a rheumatologist for my formal PMR ... prednisone, which my neurologist dialed back ... My shoulder and hip pain is slowly returning
Posted: Jan 11 1:52pm