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PMRGCAuk

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All posts for May 2013

Rheumy states I don't have PMR but won't rule out GCA!?!

A month ago I was put onto 50mg Pred and had a temporal biopsy for suspected PMR & GCA. I saw the Rheumy on Tuesday last and he is not convinced that I have...

A month ago I was put onto 50mg Pred and had a temporal biopsy for suspected PMR...

•11 years ago

I was diagnosed with PMR 3 weeks ago.Before being diagnosed but during the onset of symptoms i noticed a strange but unidentifiable smell.

This seemed to be personal to me, but it has now disappeared since i started treatment

This seemed to be personal to me, but it has now disappeared since i started tre...

•11 years ago

Feeling tired.

I am new to this having been diagnosed about three months ago with pmr.I initialy felt so much better but am getting verry tired again this is hard when at...

I am new to this having been diagnosed about three months ago with pmr.I initial...

•11 years ago

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•11 years ago

Ears

Hi has anyone out their had a problem with one or two ears,,I have a dreadful noise in my left ear constant crackling and its driving me mad its been about a...

Hi has anyone out their had a problem with one or two ears,,I have a dreadful no...

•11 years ago

Feeling dreadful

Because of a problem somewhere between my prescription being written at the surgery and picked up by the pharmacy, I ended up totally out of steroids yesterday...

Because of a problem somewhere between my prescription being written at the surg...

•11 years ago

Brassedoff

I have had to go back up to 15mg steroids, on 15mg before I was fine then Dr reduced it to 10mg the awful pain stayed away but my shoulders ached like mad so...

I have had to go back up to 15mg steroids, on 15mg before I was fine then Dr re...

•11 years ago

Sorry been away for a bit

Hi all, hope you are all on the up with this new weather we are having lol. I say new cos it's been a while since we last saw this heat thing called the Sun....

Hi all, hope you are all on the up with this new weather we are having lol. I sa...

•11 years ago

why does my reporting have delete by them?Soo

•11 years ago

Thank You

I'd like to say a big thank you to Pats & Sue for acting as moderators on this Forum. It is such a comfort to be able to get advice and talk to other...

I'd like to say a big thank you to Pats & Sue for acting as moderators on this F...

•11 years ago

On 20mg pred since July '12 ,3rd attempt to reduce , a unrelated complication? causing problems.......

77yr Scubadiver till 2012,PMR July 20pred normal walking daily x 2,swim 2x wk.3rd attempt to reduce.Earlier 1mg red/weekly,too fast-thanks Kate,now reducing...

77yr Scubadiver till 2012,PMR July 20pred normal walking daily x 2,swim 2x wk.3r...

•11 years ago

Hi to all of you!

Hello, I'm Catie and I'm a new moderator for the forum. Some of you will already know me, but for those who don't I'm an old hand at all this PMR and GCA...

Hello, I'm Catie and I'm a new moderator for the forum. Some of you will alread...

•11 years ago

Reducing prednisolone

I had PMR mildly about 3-4 years ago but had been off steroids for about 18 months. I then had a flare of typical symptoms, although my blood tests were...

I had PMR mildly about 3-4 years ago but had been off steroids for about 18 mont...

•11 years ago

Thank you to other PMR sufferers

Trish29 here just to say a big thank you to Shirley O Connell and all the lovely fellow sufferers at the PMR/GCA Meeting at Chertsey. Surrey on Tues 30 th...

Trish29 here just to say a big thank you to Shirley O Connell and all the lovel...

•11 years ago

what are long term effects of pmr if I do not take prednisone?

I am newly diagnosed and the standard beginning course has only taken my sed rate from 90 to 61. The doctor wants it below 30. I am really concerned with...

I am newly diagnosed and the standard beginning course has only taken my sed rat...

•11 years ago

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