Flare up?

[KCRoyals]

Now in my 17th year of PMR and still not sure how to deal with flare ups. At present on 3mg but have a throbbing intermittent pain in right bicep. Is it worth seeing GP or should I just go upto 10mg and see what happens? This disease has no boundaries. 😱

[KCRoyals]

Ooops, just seen this from the wonderful Lady Devon, "Is it a Flare, or is it Steroid Withdrawal? Plus advice on treating a flair" Thx

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to KCRoyals]

Was going to link it - and over the border Dorset not Devon -but what’s in a county between friends…😊

Was also going to say, but sure it’s sounds typical PMR if only one sided? So might be worth trying to see GP to get it checked…

[KCRoyals in reply to DorsetLady]

Think I'll add 5mg to my 3 for 7/10 days before I see GP. Sorry about the County error, still it could be worse, that is calling me a Lancastrian. 😨😡

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to KCRoyals]

We don’t have those sort of feuds in Dorset -maybe Devon v Cornwall in how to eat your scones!! 🤣😂

[KCRoyals in reply to DorsetLady]

Must admit does my head in when scones are pronounced S-cons rather than S-cones. 😆

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to KCRoyals]

That’s another can of worms… 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Bcol in reply to DorsetLady]

Jam or cream first?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bcol]

Depends which side of border😳.. me jam first… with probably too big a dollop of cream… 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Bcol in reply to DorsetLady]

That's my way as well.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bcol]

Good man!

[Chris_1236 in reply to DorsetLady]

Love scones! My wonderful wife made me some delicious cranberry white chocolate scones for breakfast. I may be a heretic, but I dispensed with the jam, etc. and just ate them as-is with coffee. 😋

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Chris_1236]

I like fruit ones as well -with just butter..

Not keen on cheese ones, even though I’m a cheese fan!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

Cheese is better as a slice on top of the jam and under the cream ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

That must be a "northern thing"! like cheese and Christmas Cake.. although I have been known to partake.. 😜

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

Even better on a mincepie - good chunk of mature Cheddar ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Yes agree with that..,

[Bcol in reply to DorsetLady]

Never really gone with that, probably part of my southern upbringing. Brandy butter would work!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

Well obviously you need BOTH cheese and brandy butter! Wensleydale with cranberries is rather good if you can get it but I can't now.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Wish you’d stop talking about all the things I like 😊….

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

Why????? A girl can dream ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Fair enough….

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Have to say, that does sound good.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Bcol]

Agree with that as well….

[Bcol in reply to DorsetLady]

Fruit ones with butter oh yes, not bad with cream either.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Chris_1236]

Where're ours????

[Chris_1236 in reply to PMRpro]

Oops! 😳

I'd box some up and send them to you, but I'm not sure they would survive the hop across the pond. 😄

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Chris_1236]

When someone works out how to email food it will be a great benefit to humankind ...

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Amazon Drone delivery????

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

Bit far for me ...

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

Definitely jam - so the cream sticks to it ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

👍

[Charlie1boy in reply to KCRoyals]

Especially if you are from Yorkshire!!!

[SnazzyD]

Did it come on after a particular activity? The fact that it is very specific, one sided and throbbing says to me it might not be PMR.

[KCRoyals in reply to SnazzyD]

Hi, when I have had flare ups in past it has always been the right side, even when I first had it. If the increased Pred doesn't do anything I'll head for the doctor.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I'm now on Actemra/tocilizumab as the only way of getting down from 19mg pred (after 20+ years of PMR and 16 of pred) but I still need 7mg of pred. If I try 6mg, after about 3 weeks I develop very uncomfortable bicep pain which also stops me twisting my forearms which eventually makes using my arms almost impossible. Mine is bilateral but my dominant arm develops it faster. A few days of 10mg pred and back to 7mg, all sorted. As the rheumy nurses said this morning, being unable to lift a glass of wine is DEFINITELY not acceptable. And my rheumy is fine about it.

Then of course, in Scotland Scone is pronounced Scoon - but that is a place ... Or farls. And HMQ called them scons.