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3 weeks into a terrible head/chest cold and my PMR pain returned . At first a...
a terrible head/chest cold and my PMR ... pain returned . ... wrists and then within 2 days the pain ... was all back, shoulders, neck, legs ... So disappointed that I’m back on 8 mg
Posted: Nov 20, 2024
I didn't want to take Prednisone either. It wasn't as though I was given a choice....
Looking back on why I took Prednisone ... There were other times, when the pain ... wasn't PMR. ... Not all pain was the same but it all ... seemed like PMR.
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
I think that's a tough one just because each of us are different. My rheumatologist was...
My first time with PMR I spent the last ... finally stop taking it and my morning pain ... did that I didn't go all the way back ... Instead I bumped it back up to half
Posted: Nov 18, 2024
I’m coming up on two years now. My doctor had originally said oh this will all...
in eating habits and trying to get back ... slightly overdue the exercise I’m in pain ... example it’s only been approved for PMR
Posted: Nov 16, 2024
I think that your nasty rheumy has moved here to Minnesota. Ha. same situation. I have...
have been on for 8 years becasue of PMR ... She told me PMR only lasts 1 year EMPHATICALLY ... I was in terrible pain and did not exercise ... I went up to 4 and tapered quickly back
Posted: Nov 12, 2024
Jonifranklin- it took me about 6 months to get off the prednisone, so have patience once...
prednisone, fall allergies have me back ... and the usual age related aches and pains ... They thought it was PMR and it took
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 12, 2024
PMR in remission for 10 months, now down to 2 mg decreasing 0.5 per month. Yes,...
PMR in remission for 10 months, now ... Yes, to variable muscular lower back ... pain, occasionally max 2 out of 10, ... which did not exist prior to PMR. ... My thinking is that PMR has so restricted
Discussion: Back pain
Posted: Nov 5, 2024
Hi, I am sorry for your back pain which can be so debilitating. I have been...
Hi, I am sorry for your back pain which ... first, I was not feeling much soreness/pain ... soreness returned with occasional back ... pains. ... because I thought I was finished with PMR
Discussion: Back pain
Posted: Nov 5, 2024
PMR came into my life two months ago. Formally diagnosed last week. I saw two Rhuematologists...
PMR came into my life two months ago ... They also asked about very painful headaches ... at the temples, jaw pain, and taking ... meant to alarm you, but I would push back
Posted: Oct 30, 2024
"I am still trying to figure out what time to take my prednisone. Do you take...
However, pain will probably determine ... The pain will likely change over time ... When I was first diagnosed with PMR, ... the pain would routinely wake me up ... at 3 a.m. and I couldn't go back
I am 63. Was diagnosed with PMR just before Christmas 2024. At first I was diagnosed...
Was diagnosed with PMR just before Christmas ... diagnosed with a pinched nerve in my back ... sure I had the pinched nerve in the back ... work and then determined that it was PMR ... mg a day for a week and now I'm back
@mimi1204, The first time my PMR was diagnosed I was started on 20 mg prednisone which...
@mimi1204, The first time my PMR was ... prednisone which provided relief from the pain ... prednisone with the last six months going back ... had an acceptable amount of morning pain ... came back and again I was started on
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Mar 12 12:16pm
Thanks maye. My PMR was only diagnosed because of a single blood test that showed the...
My PMR was only diagnosed because of ... front 60mg of prednisone to 10 but the pain ... and stiffness comes back at that level
Posted: Mar 13 1:07pm
Hi John, you are correct, it is not uncommon to misdiagnose PMR. This is my story......
, bilateral joint pain, first the hips ... to an Orthopedist, for my shoulder pain ... Diagnosis came back as Amyloidosis. ... within the bone marrow, causing bone pain ... professional opinions, don't hold back
What illness did you have 5 years ago? Did anyone make a definitive diagnosis 5 years...
I was so sick and the lower back pain ... Prednisone stopped the pain immediately ... 20354838 ----------------------- PMR ... diagnosed when I was old enough to have PMR ... exclude a person from developing PMR
Discussion: treatment of PMR
Posted: Mar 26 9:29am
I've only been on 5 mg of Prednisone for a few days. It doesn't mean I'm...
It doesn't mean I'm not in pain ... about because of an infection I had back ... shortly after I was diagnosed with PMR ... experienced, in my life, the kind of pain
Posted: Apr 17 6:00pm
"Has anybody else noticed 'warning signs' of an impending flare of PMR?" -------------------------- YES! I had...
signs' of an impending flare of PMR ... always got worse before a flare of PMR ... attempt to get my inflammation levels back ... suicide disease", is a chronic pain ... that prednisone helped but I got push-back
Posted: Nov 27, 2024
Sometimes at the low doses just going up 1/2 to 1 mg can make a difference....
If it were me and my PMR pain flared ... schedule without going all the way back
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Aug 1, 2022
That is so unfortunate. You were doing so well and then all of a sudden… Are...
sudden… Are you saying that your PMR ... pain that gradually crept back in was ... My pain is mostly gone and has been
Posted: Jan 28 6:47pm