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"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
Some of my problems had nothing to do with PMR but I treated everything with prednisone...
my problems had nothing to do with PMR ... was an episode of excruciating lower back ... narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back ... 20the%20lower,people%20also%20have%20back ... have been caused by PMR.
Posted: Jan 29 6:01pm
Can you explain what original dose of Prednisone you started with or why your Dr., started...
or a bit higher if the inflammation-Pain ... a week the diagnosis is not likely PMR ... On Day 3 the PMR that was undiagnosed ... I pre-diagnosed myself (PMR) and 2 Dr ... Sometime they back into a PR diagnosis
I spent 3-4 months chasing my pain going up and down with my prednisone dose. I...
I spent 3-4 months chasing my pain going ... dealing with something else causing pain ... besides PMR. ... looking forward to building myself back ... to what I was prior to PMR.
This needs to be checked out with your doctor, but I can think of two possible...
My PMR onset involved pain in wrists ... The pain in wrists and the base of thumbs ... And a slight ache/pain in the base of ... thumbs near the wrist often comes back ... about it, but a heat bag can bring back
Posted: Nov 21, 2024
Thanks tuckerp. Thanks tuckerp for those explanations. You've obviously been dealing with this much longer than...
I had a particularly bad spell of pain ... two (on top of my usual levels of pain ... No strength anywhere but a lot of pain ... GCA was tested for when PMR was diagnosed ... enough a dose and I'll have to go back
Posted: Apr 16 11:31am
I had PMR, then GCA, undiagnosed for a year. That was my own fault as I...
I had PMR, then GCA, undiagnosed for ... curious enough to match my symptoms of pain ... same doctor friend diagnosed as GCA back ... The pain of PMR is unlike any other, ... GCA has caused me to scale back my activities
Posted: Feb 18 1:40pm
Thank you so much for your reply. I started taping last week very slowly. I went...
I went from 4 to 3 and I have no pain ... I go back to the rheumatologist next ... of prednisone and praying that my PMR
Posted: Apr 6 11:33pm
I have been dealing with PMR since 4/24…started at 30mg , got down to 10mg prednisone...
I have been dealing with PMR since 4 ... Very bad pain in hands and fingers. ... Now at 30mg pain much better, but jittery ... It’s a trade off, trying to get back
Posted: Apr 20 11:56am
Flares are hard to define for PMR. Most people just take more Prednisone for any uptick...
Flares are hard to define for PMR. ... PMR wasn't my first. ... #39;t even refer to my condition as PMR ... rheumatologist now says I have "refractory PMR ... The pain was in my lower back and radiated
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: Jun 2 4:24pm
Not only does a dry sauna help with the symptoms (pain and inflammation) but it does...
dry sauna help with the symptoms (pain ... ever know exactly what caused our PMR ... the sweat so things to absorb right back
Posted: Jun 3 6:48am
Yes, everyone is different. My rheumatologist started me at 10 mg, which seemed low and it...
took several weeks to eliminate the pain ... Sure enough, I eventually became pain ... Then I had bilateral back pain for a ... At .5 mg I had right knee pain for a ... am 70 and feel it, but nothing like PMR
Posted: Feb 24 7:59am
I can only tell you from my own experience. Doctors say not to taper if you...
Can you tell if your pain is PMR vs ... other older age pains or sports injury ... remove inflammation then you can drop back ... which never existed prior to PMR and ... I do not believe are PMR.
Posted: May 29 7:01am
What you have described sounds like a PMR flare. The recommendation is to go back to...
What you have described sounds like a PMR ... The recommendation is to go back to ... the dose where you didn't have pain ... more than 10 mg but not all the way back
Discussion: Tapering pain
Posted: May 5 11:31am
Its really challenging emotionally and physically to have chronic pain all the time. A few years...
emotionally and physically to have chronic pain ... A few years back I was diagnosed with ... three auto diseases, plus PMR. ... I had pain 24/7. ... calories, used some natural remedies for pain
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Oct 23, 2024
Ann, I’ve had PMR since December last year. Initially, it was my hips that were most...
Ann, I’ve had PMR since December last ... in the back of my knees. ... My rheumatologist told me the pain was ... on a low-dose of steroid because my PMR ... effective for the bursitis as well as the PMR
Posted: Oct 22, 2024
I had some lingering pain but the pain could be explained and it wasn't caused by...
I had some lingering pain but the pain ... explained and it wasn't caused by PMR ... thinks prednisone gives your life back ... needed prednisone to control my "PMR ... compared to having a "flare of PMR
Posted: Oct 19, 2024
My PMR started in Jan in my thighs, then went on quickly to groin, adductors, adductors,...
My PMR started in Jan in my thighs, ... shoulder/rotator cuffs with some "pain ... Off and on the pain would go away! ... walking every other day a few months back ... body strengthening even through the pain
Posted: Oct 8, 2024