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I can definitely relate to the stress of seeing doctors, especially new providers. The cumulative effect...
(Full disclosure: My dad has PMR, but ... meant that my dad either needed to go back ... lot of other coping mechanisms for a PMR ... is from PMR or not. ... call anything a "cure," but PMR
Discussion: Breakthrough Pain?
Posted: Jun 15, 2023
I'm in my 1st month of PMR, currently at 17.5 mg and my Dr. wants me...
I'm in my 1st month of PMR, currently ... higher and he moved me to 17.5mg, back ... I had the least pain from waking up
Hello @richardab @redboat @tls4 @bfh3 we seem to be in the newly diagnosed group (? Early...
re-read the post I typed here a while back ... is day 1 @ 25mg Prednisone-i remain pain ... Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness ... rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR ... the profile of 'classical' PMR
Thank you for your thoughts. I have routine blood work for a general watch. I've had...
after following this group that I have PMR ... everything I want, albeit with some pain ... Including exercise and hopefully back
I was just wondering if my “back/rib” pain was PMR or have I maybe fractured vertebrae...
I was just wondering if my “back/rib ... ” pain was PMR or have I maybe fractured ... that someone is experiencing the same pain
I like a lot of posts I’ve read I was surprised to learn I had PMR....
read I was surprised to learn I had PMR ... appetite, fatigue, low grade fever, and pain ... shoulders, thighs and hip muscles and some pain ... It came back with nothing serious so ... her attention turned to PMR.
Hello friends, I am new to this PMR support group having just been slammed 2 weeks...
Hello friends, I am new to this PMR ... slammed 2 weeks ago with the disabling pain ... (neck, shoulders, back) and now working ... be the hallmark of a long journey back ... completed a book (just prior to my PMR
Hi, I am very new to PMR and have only been taking Prednisone for 3 weeks....
Hi, I am very new to PMR and have only ... started at 20mg. then to 30mg then back ... It definitely helped with my pain and
Posted: May 31, 2023
Sounds like PMR symptomatically . Most start with pred 20:to 25mg. I’ve been on 20 since...
Sounds like PMR symptomatically . ... Tried to reduce to 15 and now back to ... start at a dose that will stop the pain
@rick53 Are you accustomed to keeping pain journals ? I have them for my knee ,...
rick53 Are you accustomed to keeping pain ... I have them for my knee , my back, my ... good to know how to describe the pain ... I've been tracking my PMR pain in
Short version of a very long story: I took prednisone for more than 12 years for...
much more than what is typical for PMR ... lowest I could get without a "pain ... crisis." The pain was never ... The pain was similar to PMR symptoms ... I needed to go back on prednisone but
Posted: May 29, 2023
I may have posted this previously, but I tried accupuncture before my latest PMR diagnosis. In...
tried accupuncture before my latest PMR ... The day after the session, I had jaw pain ... Not too long after that PMR was back
Posted: May 28, 2023
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago and was placed on 30 mg of prednisone...
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago ... No pain, no depression. ... I reached 20 mg, my symptoms came back ... rheumatologist who said I did not have PMR
I’ve had a swollen leg for the last three weeks. I suspected an Achilles tendon tear....
Ones back. ... other leg feels good, except for some pain ... I wonder if this is PMR also. ... The pain was relentless.
Posted: May 21, 2023
After 9 months of watching my mobility slowing suffer to the point of not being able...
finally was diagnosed in Feb with PMR ... get on a lower dose and still had pain ... I have terrible pain on the upper side ... of my back and a few bumps.
Settle back, this is going to be a long post. Just joined after reading numerous posts...
providers who refused to even consider PMR ... learning about someone else's PMR ... post). 13 April - The shoulder pain ... the pain in the left knee. ... Left knee pain disturbs my sleep and
Since the vagus nerve controls inflammation, it appears that stimulation of that nerve should help with...
should help with the inflammation from PMR ... The TENS unit gave me some temporary pain ... I used it on my shoulders, but the pain ... came back later.
This is good to know about the "normal" blood tests. My pain started 3 years ago...
My pain started 3 years ago and I&#39 ... Steriods (because they thought I had a back ... Finally someone thought maybe PMR but
I was on prednisone for just about a year. I started on 20 mg, tapered weekly...
but am still suffering stiffness and pain ... markers had decreased, I no longer had PMR ... I’m assuming PMR issue but will a chiropractor ... Do people go back on prednisone when
I think my PMR started with a hamstring tear in Dec. What? I have long hamstrings...
I think my PMR started with a hamstring ... So I think my PMR crept up on me over ... down to 17 1/2, up at 1:30am today in pain ... So I backtracked, added 1 1/4 back in ... that didn't work as I woke up in pain
Posted: Apr 24, 2023