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PMRGCAuk

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Hi I am trying to manage my polymyalgia with nsaids Has anyone else done this?

•11 years ago

Why do steroids make you gain weight?

Do you gain because you feel more hungry? Or do the steroids themselves make you store fat or stop you burning it off? I have been quite careful not to eat...

Do you gain because you feel more hungry? Or do the steroids themselves make yo...

•11 years ago

about my eye sight

i am having problems with my long vishin can my optician be able tohelp it has start gettind bad since iwent on the stroids

i am having problems with my long vishin can my optician be able tohelp it has s...

•11 years ago

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I had heart attacks in 1996 and 2001, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2005 and with PMG this January. In the light of other messages about travel...

I had heart attacks in 1996 and 2001, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2005...

•11 years ago

what is a CRP rate in the blood ?asked my doctor and she said that they just go by theESR rate at the moment mine is 20

•11 years ago

Backache and other bugbears

I am going for a blood test today and have a GP appointment next week. As the CRP was too high last time I am hoping for a substantial reduction this month....

I am going for a blood test today and have a GP appointment next week. As the CR...

•11 years ago

Positive news

Feeling well so Dr has said I can reduce Pred by 1mg per month as long as everything is ok - now taking 12mg - (started at 20mg on Xmas eve) Also to go back...

Feeling well so Dr has said I can reduce Pred by 1mg per month as long as everyt...

•11 years ago

Still here not forgotten you all

Hi everyone Sorry I have been a bit quiet but have had a bit of a hard time of late. Not sure which flared first to be honest but ended up crying once the PMR...

Hi everyone Sorry I have been a bit quiet but have had a bit of a hard time of ...

•11 years ago

Spelling last question

Should have written acupuncture sorry, brain fog :-)

Should have written acupuncture sorry, brain fog :-)

•11 years ago

Acupunture

Hello everyone hope your week has been good. Mine has been mixed really. Just wondered if anyone has had acupuncure if so how successful was it?

Hello everyone hope your week has been good. Mine has been mixed really. Just wo...

•11 years ago

Hello, Does anyone else with PMR have problems with their Achillies tendons? I excercise and do stretching but they get very painful.

•11 years ago

GCA

Does any one know if I should be seeing a rhumey my doctor has never mentioned it, but maybe its different having GCA I was diagnosed via a biopsy last yr,but...

Does any one know if I should be seeing a rhumey my doctor has never mentioned i...

•11 years ago

went to see rhemy

well what was all that about , i told his that i constantly shake , thats the steroids, that my back locks when i walk , i asked if it was pmr and he looked at...

well what was all that about , i told his that i constantly shake , thats the st...

•11 years ago

Insomnia

Hello folks here I am at 02.47 on here as only slept a few hours so far. Was really tired when I went to bed but I cannot get a full night of sleep. This has...

Hello folks here I am at 02.47 on here as only slept a few hours so far. Was rea...

•11 years ago

Concern re Osteoporosis risk

I am a little anxious as I am 47 years old peri menopausal, and now on Steroids, and I am also Lactose Intolerant so avoid Dairy. I notice a lot of you seem to...

I am a little anxious as I am 47 years old peri menopausal, and now on Steroids,...

•11 years ago

Qigong for Self-Healing

Hi folks Kate suggested we write a blog so this is mine. I practised Qigong first 18 years ago when I was diagnosed with a slipped disc in my back. My twin...

Hi folks Kate suggested we write a blog so this is mine. I practised Qigong fi...

•11 years ago

PMR

Does anyone know if glacoma and pmr are contected? Steph

Does anyone know if glacoma and pmr are contected? Steph

•11 years ago

Has anyone had a strange growth under there tongue on the Frenulum. This has only come up since starting preds. Adelle

•11 years ago

Tenderness, is that to be expected?

Hi, its me again, sorry to be a nuisance. I am now into 7 weeks of Steroids, and although the stiffness has disappeared and the pain is settled most days, I...

Hi, its me again, sorry to be a nuisance. I am now into 7 weeks of Steroids, an...

•11 years ago