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SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER! MY FAMILY DOCTOR IS GREAT NOW TREATING ME...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286595/

RHEUMATOLOGIST ON 3/12, TO START MY PMR ... I AM 78 NOW AND I DID NOT SIGN UP PMR

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 2, 2020

@lioness Hi, this is dreamer38...actually, I don’t have blood pressure probs...it’s always been very good. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/180083/

swelling has started since I’ve had PMR ... Now, if only the PMR would disappear

Discussion: PMR Anyone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 4, 2019

Well Sally there are no 2 bodies alike. I function very well on 7.5 mg now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137679/

This PMR is a strange autoimmune disease ... slowly to fast & it may trigger the PMR

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 17, 2018

My pain started in my right shoulder. Then moved to my left shoulder. PMR then progressed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1351883/

PMR then progressed to my legs , knees ... prednisone is not a definitive diagnosis of PMR

Discussion: Is it PMR or muscle soreness from overuse

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 19 5:12pm

I agree with everything you say in your post. Since many people with PMR have to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1376133/

Since many people with PMR have to be ... many researchers now believe that PMR

Discussion: Still Struggling with that last mile on the path to 0 mg

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 21 3:45pm

There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to PMR recurrence. I had my first episode...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1344169/

seems to be no rhyme nor reason to PMR

Discussion: PMR Remission

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 9 7:06am

Thank you for this detailed account. It’s quite striking how much medical knowledge …and fortitude…you had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1358097/

to do the same, as I begin my own PMR

Discussion: Anyone successfully treating PMR without Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 28 6:24am

@mezack25, Do you think the pain might be more related to the specific type or amount...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1377949/

When my PMR was active, anytime I did

Discussion: Diagnosed in April with a terrible flare up

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 24 7:05am

Hi @neztrop, I was also 63 when I was diagnosed with PMR and my plan to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1217087/

also 63 when I was diagnosed with PMR ... because he could see the toll that PMR ... an early exit because on my tough PMR

Discussion: PMR and Work

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 20 6:37am

Hello @grandpa4, Welcome to Connect. A lot of us PMR old timers can relate to your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/992313/

A lot of us PMR old timers can relate ... to your journey with PMR. ... When it comes to PMR, that old quote

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 6, 2024

I was diagnosed with PMR in November 2022. I thought I was suffering from a yoga...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/823637/

I was diagnosed with PMR in November ... friend suggested that I might have PMR ... Google for the symptoms I knew that PMR

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 9, 2023

Thanks for your comments. My deepest hope is that other patients on Mayo Clinic Connect will...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/759722/

need to be run before a diagnosis of PMR ... send you for clearance before the PMR ... Certainly PMR treatment hides symptoms

Discussion: Increasing unrelenting pain - PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 11, 2022

Hi @cckelly, You're right, most people with PMR do respond to prednisone pretty quickly with a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/693880/

You're right, most people with PMR ... I had PMR and GCA for a year before ... I was first diagnosed with PMR and put

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 28, 2022

Yes! we are very similar. Any autoimmune type is not in my family. I too never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/678215/

I also never heard of PMR before until ... recall if it's in conflict with the PMR ... non-inflammatory diet does anything to help PMR

Discussion: Blood Clots - Connected with PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 6, 2022

Hi @lindapc, my PMR is currently in remission but I started on 20 mg of prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137987/

Hi @lindapc, my PMR is currently in ... Coping with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... strategies-coping-polymyalgia-rheumatica-pmr

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 11, 2019

I do think Turmeric helps with inflammation but I didn't start taking it until around the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137765/

the time of my second occurrence of PMR ... prednisone for the first occurrence of PMR ... he sees a lot more older folks with PMR

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 20, 2018

Chek out Neurophy,I've have PMR also taking Prednisone ,my Neurophy started in my feet & workimg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1218983/

Chek out Neurophy,I've have PMR

Discussion: Anyone else have strange neurological symptoms with PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 22 12:04pm

I decided to suffer a bit with my PMR and tried not to increase, started at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1272326/

I decided to suffer a bit with my PMR

Discussion: Tapering prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 2 7:57am

I also have temporal arthritis (GCA) and not PMR. I dropped fairly quickly from 60 to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312104/

have temporal arthritis (GCA) and not PMR

Discussion: Fast Prednisone taper?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 24 5:54pm

Same here, I wondered if statins could have caused the PMR, so I reduced then stopped...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1331575/

wondered if statins could have caused the PMR

Discussion: Long term Statin use and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 20 8:35pm