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PMR patient here. I started on 15 mg pred on May 27. The first week was...
PMR patient here. ... Now the pain has increased and the dr ... Gave me Celebrex to cope with pain. ... Is this a common area for pain? ... I also stupidly fell today, hands and
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Jun 17, 2023
You’re welcome, and good luck to you. Sounds like you’ve got your hands full recovering from...
Sounds like you’ve got your hands full ... about looking for other options for pain ... from bed or bed yoga), we (my dad has PMR ... With his PMR, my dad has more muscle ... pain than joint pain, so I’m not sure
I have a steroid card and record every month my dosage the last 6 months have...
worse I now have arthritis in both hands ... to manage both is a nightmare the pain ... down and advised me what to do the pmr
Posted: May 30, 2023
@pkalkstein noted:“While PMR doesn't damage the muscles, both inactivity and prednisone can cause them to atrophy”....
@pkalkstein noted:“While PMR doesn ... restoration work uses her arms ,shoulder , hands ... knee injury in Feb- it coincided with PMR ... dire situation it was to have the PMR ... pain create such a self-limiting situation
Thanks for your comments. My Prednisone tapering schedule goes down to 10 mg in 2 weeks,...
Prednisone, there are various weird pain ... except for the nerve neuropathy in my hands ... was about 10x higher than most with PMR
First, I wish to say that it takes fortitude to come off prednisone like that. On...
On the other hand, it isn't entirely ... biologic I tried didn't work for PMR ... as the pain came back and I was unable
Doctors "think" I may have PMR, nearly 3 years into it still negative markers but all...
Doctors "think" I may have PMR ... Just want to say, the pain/weakness ... I lost strength in my hands and they ... were very painful. ... My hands are now pretty much Ok but
Posted: May 3, 2023
Yes. First Pfizer vax May 2021. Pain in neck and shoulders all that summer. I bought...
Pain in neck and shoulders all that ... the bed or the pillows, in so much pain ... carpal tunnel-like symptoms in my right hand ... the Chiro if he thought it could be PMR ... me to a Neurologist, who diagnosed PMR
I have recently been diagnosed with PMR. I have been on 20mg Prednisone for a week....
have recently been diagnosed with PMR ... improved immediately but am still having pain ... in my hands all day and night.
Posted: Feb 8, 2023
I have been on Prednisone 15 mg since July when my Dr. was finally able to...
getting older with all my aches and pains ... Rheumatologist and she agreed with the PMR ... Wash grocery cart handle and hands etc ... I felt more pain for the last couple ... PMR is the pits and MGUS has its own
Welcome @khmc, It sounds like your like your PMR and GCA are under control with only...
khmc, It sounds like your like your PMR ... My PMR is in remission and I'm not ... currently on any medication for the PMR ... I also have arthritis in the hands, ... in the back but I'm not on any pain
Posted: Jan 13, 2023
Hi @alvaro50, I had PMR throughout my whole body, from the neck down, everything hurt. That...
Hi @alvaro50, I had PMR throughout my ... On 40 mg of prednisone, most of my pain ... wondering if you have arthritis in your hands ... you spoken to your doctor about your pain
I’m on 3mg a day now, down from 15mg a year ago. Pain levels seem pretty...
Pain levels seem pretty constant over ... worry to me that the characteristic PMR ... shoulders and hips, where it began, to hands ... do now - off Prednisolone with a PMR ... of us in this strange community of PMR
Posted: Dec 27, 2022
@sharonanng, What a great question. I think it definitely has a relationship with arthritis but I'm...
. "Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... people over 50 years, presenting with pain ... The term PMR was first used to underline ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644293/ My PMR ... is in remission right now but my hands
Posted: Dec 5, 2022
One of the many great aspects of this group is the shared lived experience. I too...
hearing others experiences such as pain ... in the wrists, hands and fingers. ... rheumatologist also said this cannot be PMR ... This pain has not been around in my ... hands for several weeks but 20 months
Welcome @razhuny, I see that @sharonanng has connected with you and shared her experience. I just...
also jump in and share that when my PMR ... was active, my wrists and hands were ... stiff and painful also. ... stiffness of the small joints of the hands ... in the hands (called carpal tunnel
Posted: Oct 12, 2022
Hi Christi, I'm just about to celebrate my 6th anniversary of being diagnosed with PMR, although...
anniversary of being diagnosed with PMR ... with prednisone was great with the pain ... vanishing overnight but hell began at the hands ... from 2.5 when I started feeling more pain ... pounds in 5 months mainly due to the pain
My journey with PMR began shortly after my 65th birthday and my 5th haircut. I shouldn’t...
My journey with PMR began shortly after ... up one morning in mid-June and the pain ... That’s when he handed me off to a rheumatologist ... move now without the excruciating pain ... I have PMR, I have Scottish ancestry
Thank you for writing in detail. I have just been diagnosis with PMR two weeks ago,...
I have just been diagnosis with PMR ... tunnel as you described in my left hand ... And painful arthritis thumb joint pain ... My veins in both hands are enlarged
Posted: Sep 11, 2022
My hands continue to be swollen and painful, especially in the morning. Rheumatologist says not PMR....
My hands continue to be swollen and ... painful, especially in the morning. ... Rheumatologist says not PMR. ... have the same issue as we deal with PMR ... Even when the pain is tolerable, it
Posted: Sep 6, 2022