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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
I, too, was very healthy and vigorous before my second Pfizer vaccine a year ago at...
last year seems to have triggered my PMR ... to start all over again because the pain ... came back. ... another incredibly helpful forum for PMR ... not live without Pred because the pain
Today is the 5th anniversary of my PMR journey. I recall there was an ice storm...
Today is the 5th anniversary of my PMR ... over the next week or so the burning pain ... /stiffness in my hips, back of thighs ... elevated CRP, I was diagnosed with PMR ... I cut back my hours at work, hoping
Posted: Apr 15, 2023
I'm going to give a few opinions of mine but they are based on information that...
prednisolone eliminated most of your pain ... need to increase your dose, maybe back ... If the pain comes back or increases ... up to a higher dose to control the pain ... pain to flare up.
Posted: Apr 12, 2023
So glad to hear this. 👏Today is my 52nd day with PMR and 20 MG prednisone....
👏Today is my 52nd day with PMR ... Pain levels upon waking are all much ... Back in the beginning of February My
Posted: Mar 31, 2023
Just for contrast about how one person can feel one way about something and another person...
I felt like PMR was a "blessing& ... prednisone "junkie" before PMR ... taking prednisone for 10 years for PMR ... extreme fatigue with ongoing lower back ... and hip pain.
Posted: Mar 25, 2023