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Hi @dchandler7, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @ethanmcconkey @lisalucier and...
I have PMR and my doctor asked me about ... pain around the temple and scalp but ... mine has always been with hands, arms
Posted: Nov 12, 2018
Hi @alanbruce -- thanks for starting this discussion. I want to reiterate that I have no...
went back to the previous dose if the pain ... was willing to live with some minor pain ... How did the doctor know that the PMR ... Then I would be in a little more pain ... when I woke up and my shoulders and hands
Posted: May 8, 2018
My computer crashed while I was typing, sorry. I take prednisone for my polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)...
prednisone for my polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... ) and it helps with the pain in my shoulders ... , arms and hands. ... and legs and is associated with my PMR ... were numbness and tingling but no pain
Welcome to Connect Laura (@elkcg), I'm sure it's frustrating looking for some relief from your pain....
looking for some relief from your pain ... neuropathy and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... I don't have chronic pain but do have ... My PMR does give my a lot of shoulder ... , arm and hands pain but is controlled
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 31, 2017
Hello @rose2, welcome to Connect. I too am glad you found us. Autoimmune conditions can be...
I had pain and stiffness in all of my ... appointment and found out that I had PMR ... finally get off of prednisone and my PMR ... that have the numbness without the pain ... It normally starts in the hands and
Hello @barbararene, welcome to Mayo Connect. I also have PMR. The first time I was diagnosed...
I also have PMR. ... The first time I was diagnosed with PMR ... I have been as low as 5 mg but the pain ... I can deal with a little pain but didn't ... want it to get out of hand.
7 years of pmr I have had my hands x-rayed twice because of pain and/or swelling....
7 years of pmr I have had my hands ... x-rayed twice because of pain and/or ... I do gentle hand/finger exercises before
Posted: Jan 13 3:13am
I’ve been passed around and gaslit on a diagnosis for years. Bursitis, spontaneous ruptured long bicep...
bicep same x3 rotator cuff, chronic pain ... , Fibromyalgia and PMR. ... There is no empathy for the amount of pain ... My hands blew up in November for some ... Good luck, I am holding you in pain
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 11 1:31pm
My PMR was diagnosed first, but I have been slightly anemic for many years. Since there...
My PMR was diagnosed first, but I have ... years of "complaining" about pain ... I had crippling hip pain, hand pain ... A full year into PMR, my hands blew ... it won't stop the progressive pain
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 10 1:40pm
@sjc123 The thigh pain is all the way around my thigh. No portion of my thighs...
@sjc123 The thigh pain is all the way ... Searing pain feels like there is heat ... Yet placing your hand on the skin there ... Sports Medicine doctor confirm that PMR ... wise and inflammation wise with PMR
Posted: Dec 4, 2025
I did have just this issue right after tapering off Prednisone. Wrist and hand, particularly the...
Wrist and hand, particularly the thumb ... The rheumatologist said my PMR had abated ... , so the hand and wrist pains were due ... a month or so of being kind to my hands ... and wrist, the pain went away.
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
I have exactly the same issue. Diagnosed with PMR 10/2023 started at 15 mg got down...
Diagnosed with PMR 10/2023 started at ... Hands swelled couldn't make a fist ... mg again and starting to have some pain
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
It can take some of us longer than others to feel better. My pain was around...
My pain was around the knees, shoulders ... , elbows and hands/wrists, so like you ... If there's one thing PMR has taught
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Like you I was diagnosed with PMR around a similar time (July 7). Went to the...
Like you I was diagnosed with PMR around ... was so debilitated with moving and pain ... GP expected PMR and arranged blood tests ... Weak and extreme pain. ... consider a normal person does using both hands
Posted: Jul 19, 2025
Hello I am new to this group. DX with PMR in December and feel like I...
DX with PMR in December and feel like ... 15 MG a day and having significant pain ... now in my hands, Is anyone experiencing
Posted: Jun 9, 2025
I am in similar situation with new hand pain. Tapered off steroids last month. Going to...
I am in similar situation with new hand ... pain. ... help me taper off steroids for my PMR
Posted: May 28, 2025
It was about the 3 month mark that I started splitting my dose due to extreme...
started splitting my dose due to extreme hand ... pain in the middle of the night. ... However back pain for someone with low ... Assuming you have a PMR diagnosis, has
Posted: May 22, 2025
I’m quite sure I know what triggered it in me. I have had 3 lumbar surgeries...
Those triggered chronic pain syndrome ... Thus, PMR. ... ankle surgery, brain surgery, and hand ... last 11 years has nose dived as the PMR ... Doctors all blamed Chronic Pain Syndrome
Posted: May 9, 2025
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in March 2024. Pain from the PMR was debilitating,...
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in ... Pain from the PMR was debilitating, ... have some neuropathy in my wrists and hands
Some auto-immune and connective tissue inflammation can be related to reduced collagen in the body. The...
The appearance of my hands and skin ... sudden and only started after the PMR ... collagen powder prompted my initial PMR ... onset with the PMR suddenly starting ... deposit in and around joints causing pain