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I am 77 years old and was in great health preparing for 5K race when hip...
preparing for 5K race when hip and knee pain ... Tremendously painful joint and muscle ... pain with join stiffness. ... All go back to joint arthritis and recommend ... Covid vaccine may have triggered their PMR-Don
I agree and feel that my PMR was also induced by intense physical exercise. In November...
I agree and feel that my PMR was also ... in the backs of both thighs I could ... part of my PT plan, I stupidly went back ... move a little better but still not back ... This PMR is horrible.
Posted: May 27, 2024
My rheumatologist did a bit of a test before starting Actemra. I was asked to taper...
was achieved only after 12 years of PMR ... mg before I was forced to retreat back ... I had overwhelming fatigue and pain ... but nothing resembling PMR symptoms.
Posted: May 25, 2024
My PMR started 3 months ago . I immediately started eating 0 carb. I eat meat...
My PMR started 3 months ago . ... Next day they pain was unbelievable! ... It lasted 2 days and then went back ... to the pain I have now.... ... But I hear sometimes the pain remains
@windyshores This is very helpful information and something I was wondering about. We're so new to...
Back in 2007 he needed about $3500 worth ... He's in no pain and takes really ... He began in May 2023 at 30 mg for PMR ... The other illnesses, PMR and GCA, though
My PMR started when I was exercising at least two hours a day. Part of it...
My PMR started when I was exercising ... and within a couple of days, I had pain ... The pain was above 10 on the scale, ... My aunt's PMR started after she ... injured her back, moving furniture.
Posted: May 21, 2024
I had one particular episode of left hand pain 6 months into pmr. Unbearable pain, had...
one particular episode of left hand pain ... 6 months into pmr. ... Unbearable pain, had xrays, bloodwork ... Everything went back to normal, no ... I have more than just pmr.
I have severe DJD in my lumbar spine too. All the damage to my lumbar spine...
First I had pain in the area of my right ... my piroformis muscle and related to PMR ... 't PMR but Prednisone must have ... masked the pain for many years. ... I didn't know I had such a bad back
Discussion: PMR target areas
Posted: May 15, 2024
Hi @stevieb, I had symptoms of PMR and GCA about a year and a half before...
Hi @stevieb, I had symptoms of PMR and ... The PMR was unrelenting pain and stiffness ... Pain went up my head. ... Now I'm back on 40 mg prednisone ... of PMR and GCA does not respond to
Statins can cause the same achiness as PMR but once you stop statin pain goes away....
Statins can cause the same achiness as PMR ... but once you stop statin pain goes ... once I began 20 mg of prednisone the PMR ... That was back in Aug.
Posted: May 5, 2024
I'm happy you are digging into this topic. People have a tendency to hear what they...
make the same mistake again because pain ... it was determined by whether or not PMR ... I was fairly confident that PMR was ... have been on 3 mg of prednisone if PMR ... tapered off prednisone, I could go back
Posted: May 5, 2024
Welcome @joycj, We husbands definitely need an encourager. Good for you for helping your husband with...
going back and forth between 1 mg and ... were me and I was at 2 mg and the pain ... came back, I would wait a day to see ... if the pain was still the same then ... keep a daily log with his level of pain
I read the updates on this forum when I wake up in the morning before I...
around the last three days with heel pain ... I had this once before awhile back, ... What really helped was wearing open backed ... This week it's the heel pain. ... now, just started my 6th year of pmr
Posted: Mar 23, 2024
Thank you for your reply. I have been diagnosed with osteoporosis and was on Fosamax for...
were related, GERD was but aches and pains ... Then a diagnosis of PMR. ... doctor definitely recommends I go back ... Taking 20mg of prednisone for PMR.
Posted: Mar 20, 2024
Hi Joan. Sorry that you are having so much pain. So I was diagnosed with PMR...
Sorry that you are having so much pain ... So I was diagnosed with PMR 2 years ... to manage the titration based on my pain ... up and then back down. ... with pillows because of the shoulder pain
Posted: Mar 12, 2024
@deborah57 i suggest learning more about PMR from this site : https://www.pmrandil6.com/. I agree with @johnbishop...
i suggest learning more about PMR ... johnbishop and others about keeping a pain ... journal -- i tracked the stiffness/pain ... i posted this awhile back -- https ... / So turn your fear around --PMR
Posted: Mar 10, 2024
@pb50 I'm curious about how you use prednisone for flares of RA. I used prednisone for...
; When I had the mysterious lower back ... pain and large joint pain without uveitis ... A PMR diagnosis was a late addition ... The PMR pain started first in my shoulders ... I go back and forth on that one.
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 9, 2024
@mkportzen, and all... Wow! You've really been through some difficult times with this mess. I'm so...
After the 2nd Covid, I developed new PMR ... , while taking Prednisone 10mg for PMR ... of Sarcoid in my eyes, skin rashes, pains ... breath, headache, more fatigue, fog and pain ... clear understanding and promise to get back
Hello @deborah57, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @nancy53 and others....
#39;m 80 and had my first bout with PMR ... back in 2007. ... my magic pill to get me pretty much pain ... head again in late 2016 and I was back ... If my pain level was higher than 2,
Posted: Mar 6, 2024
Hello Jim..I have degenerating bone in my back. What I was always treating as Fibromyalgia, but...
Jim..I have degenerating bone in my back ... Fibromyalgia, but I now think might be PMR ... I am meeting with pain management doctor ... before surgery, after a bad nite of pain ... My pain management doctor will be the
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 6, 2024