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Hi @ctjpmarie, After being diagnosed with PMR, my rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of prednisone...
ctjpmarie, After being diagnosed with PMR ... much handled the inflammation and pain ... after being diagnosed. -- New to PMR ... - Are Monthly Labs and Check-ups normal
Not having elevated inflammation markers is hard to explain. Some doctors think that elevated inflammation markers...
with normal inflammation markers. ... In another place it isn't painful ... to the lab and get their inflammation ... hospital experience more inflammatory pain ... their inflammation levels return to normal
Posted: Dec 21, 2022
Hello. My name is Maria and I started having severe muscle pains in June 2022, after...
and I started having severe muscle pains ... debating with my PCP what it could be labs ... via video and she diagnosed me with PMR ... Muscle pain in my legs started to diminish ... My labs have improved almost to a normal
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 17, 2022
Yes. Promptly responded to 20 mg of prednisone within 6 hours. ESR, CRP, all rheumatic disease...
rheumatic disease blood markers and lab ... tests were and have remained normal ... Firstly, PMR does not cause permanent ... , pain with chewing, eye pain, and ... I recently read “The Myth of Normal
Discussion: Newly diagnosed
Posted: Jan 22 11:01am
For those of you with a PMR diagnosis and on prednisone, did you have elevated inflammatory...
For those of you with a PMR diagnosis ... did you have elevated inflammatory labs ... In addition to the pain and sore muscles ... My inflammatory labs are normal. ... Also CK is normal, but ANA titer a little
Posted: Aug 3, 2025
I was treated for GCA in 2019. My symptoms started across my facial bones near my...
He sent me immediately for labs. ... The labs were normal. ... permanent blindness in eye near temple pain ... Unfortunately, I'm now having PMR
Posted: Jul 25, 2025
I was diagnosed with PMR by an Internist after 30 specialists could not determine the cause...
I was diagnosed with PMR by an Internist ... have had x-rays and a plethora of lab ... Abdominal U/S was normal. ... PMR cause lymph edema. ... Cardiac testing is normal.
Posted: Jan 10, 2025
Lifelong anxiety/panic disorder over here. So bizarre that the pred at 15 didn't bother you but...
of an acupuncturist for anx (before pmr ... Have never been formally diagnosed with ... PMR but have had many labs and ultrasound ... They are causing some stiffness and pain ... I had a tight regimen before PMR and
Discussion: Anxiety
Posted: Jul 21, 2024
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 ... It normally starts in the hands and ... 2lpduEN Good site that speaks to lab
@prettypatti76 My Prednisone side effects were numerous but I didn't always realize they were prednisone side...
slowly accepted how I felt as my new normal ... convince someone that I felt "more normal ... rheumatologist tells me when some lab ... not much of it is being caused by PMR ... 't a good treatment option for PMR
I started showing symptoms of PMR in August of 2025 at age 61. I am a...
I started showing symptoms of PMR in ... Initially did labs this would be around ... very high inflammation markers and labs ... Doctor on 12/02/2026 and she diagnosed PMR ... Seemed to be close to normal.
YES! This happened to my father. Well, there’s no way to be 100% sure, but more...
few months, he had increasing muscle pains ... causing muscle damage in this case) was normal ... His PCP ran all sorts of labs, including ... Whereas we Googled the various lab values ... recognized the likely symptoms of PMR
Posted: Mar 16, 2024
Update on the update. I am Pred free since mid November. 18months total on Pred and...
and 2 years, 3 months since onset of PMR ... Labs last month were normal. ... Some pain remains in shoulders and sometimes
Posted: Feb 26, 2024
Hello @chzuck, I see that you have already met another new member @kipster and I would...
top of the discussion: --- New to PMR ... - Are Monthly Labs and Check-ups normal ... I've had 2 occurrences of PMR but ... to taper if I'm having too much pain ... The first occurrence of PMR in 2007
I also approached my PCP re PMR after reading about it online (I checked nearly every...
I also approached my PCP re PMR after ... believe I could have it as all my labs ... were normal. ... could’ve missed out on on 2 months of pain
Hi- hoping you can advise me. I am a 62 yr old diagnosed with PMR late...
I am a 62 yr old diagnosed with PMR ... inflammation markers and the ESR was normal ... twice a day did asked me to repeat labs ... I still awake with a PMR pain score ... My soreness/pain has always been in
Yes ... I've had both butt pain and iron deficient anemia this past year along with...
I've had both butt pain and iron ... pains since September, no elevated ... labs, just boarder line anemia. ... When my rheumatologist found my labs ... were back to normal he convinced me
@phogan0609 I am so sorry that you are experiencing so much pain. Research shows that there...
patients who have normal inflammation ... arthritis because my inflammation lab ... results (CRP and sed-rate) were normal ... should go by my symptoms rather than my lab ... Generally, PMR pain is on BOTH sides
Discussion: PMR Remission
Posted: Jan 14 12:58am
I’ll try to stay positive! Thanks for your post. I’m now at 3 mgs alternating w/3.5...
I’m not feeling any pains. ... I had my labs done today and the usual ... No real change over this PMR period ... I’m getting nervous as the normal range
Posted: Dec 5, 2025
That sounds really bad, and a reminder that it takes a long time to see rheumatologist,...
rheumatologist, and when you are in pain ... I hope my inflammatory labs are still ... normal. ... I know that I could still have PMR, ... My PT does not think it is PMR and says