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Appointment at last

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Sorry just wrote on the wrong page I'm an idiot. I don't know if you remember but my doctor said I had been on prednisolone for to long and was stopping it I'm back in England now and have an appointment this afternoon with a different doctor so wish me luck

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As I'm sure I will have said before - on what grounds have you been on pred too long? You will need it as long as you have PMR and PMR doesn't have a fixed itinerary!!

Hope this one is better informed!!

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Please report back-and as PMRpro has said hopefully a better informed GP

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piglette

I wish some doctors would do their homework on PMR and pred.

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Rugger

Good Luck! 🍀

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NinnyB

hope you get a decent consultant. They’re hard to find. Good luck x

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