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PMRGCAuk

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Stress?

I have pmr and have gradually reduced prednisalone down to 5mg daily and was feeling great then in October I found out my husband of 35 years was having an...

I have pmr and have gradually reduced prednisalone down to 5mg daily and was fee...

•9 years ago

Falling over.....

It must be the time of year. Bending down last night to put a very reluctant Jack Russell over the french door step to go out into the garden last thing we...

It must be the time of year. Bending down last night to put a very reluctant Jac...

•9 years ago

Fall update!!

Thank you all for the encouragement! I have managed to gently sponge the blood out of the front of my hair and as I can't see the wound and accompanying glue...

Thank you all for the encouragement! I have managed to gently sponge the blood o...

•9 years ago

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Negative temporal artery biopsy and blood work

Hello, 23 year old male here with head pain over temporal artery for 8 months now without a confirmed diagnosis or treatment plan. My temporal artery biopsy...

Hello, 23 year old male here with head pain over temporal artery for 8 months n...

•9 years ago

Nasty fall

As if there wasn't enough going on, last night my silly numb feet meant that I lost my balance and fell down. I hit the patio door and the key sliced right...

As if there wasn't enough going on, last night my silly numb feet meant that I l...

•9 years ago

CRP levels

I've been on a decreasing dose of pred for GCA and PMR since September last year, now down to 4mg from 60. My rheumy doesn't believe in frequent blood tests. A...

I've been on a decreasing dose of pred for GCA and PMR since September last year...

•9 years ago

Health Travel Insurance

Some advice please. Since diagnosed GCA in January this year I haven't been abroad on holiday. But husband would like us to go in the new year. What exactly...

Some advice please. Since diagnosed GCA in January this year I haven't been abr...

•9 years ago

Some gain!

So I decided to split the way I take my preds, I found that on the current dose of 15mg morning were still difficult. I now take 10mg in the morning, after...

So I decided to split the way I take my preds, I found that on the current dose ...

•9 years ago

Temporomandibular

I have one sided top jaw pain which improves if I stretch my jaw and is not there all the time . Does not get worse eating and I wondered if Temporomandibular...

I have one sided top jaw pain which improves if I stretch my jaw and is not the...

•9 years ago

Pain is bearable

I'm down to 8.5 mg of prednisone after starting at 20 in April. I had gotten down to 7 but due to traveling and my mistake in taking a 1 mg pill instead of a 5...

I'm down to 8.5 mg of prednisone after starting at 20 in April. I had gotten dow...

•9 years ago

Head pain description with GCA

Hello all, I just took 60 mg of prednisone and have noticed a slight difference in the head pain. If possible, I wanted to obtain an understanding of the...

Hello all, I just took 60 mg of prednisone and have noticed a slight difference...

•9 years ago

PMR sufferer

I am on 6mg at present and have a lot of pain in my knees both during the day and also at night in bed doctor does not want to up the Pred any higher. Does...

I am on 6mg at present and have a lot of pain in my knees both during the day an...

•9 years ago

Help please

Hi guys, I need some help please, I'm nicely down to 3 1/2mg of pred for the last 10 weeks, but I have a problem which I don't know if it's PMR related. I...

Hi guys, I need some help please, I'm nicely down to 3 1/2mg of pred for the la...

•9 years ago

Stopping steroids.

Hi all,, new to this site and I love it! Diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ago, prescribed 20mg pred, wow! I thought my life was sorted until the weight...

Hi all,, new to this site and I love it! Diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ago,...

•9 years ago

Reducing pred .5 every 10 days

I was at 10 mg for several months. Then, ESR doubled --now known to likely be due to a UTI--and I went up to 12.5 mg. Since then have reduced .5 every 10 days,...

I was at 10 mg for several months. Then, ESR doubled --now known to likely be du...

•9 years ago

Doctors not helping me, desperation

Hello, I am a 23 year old male with a highly unusual presentation of giant cell arteritis in my right temporal artery. I cannot believe I am saying this but...

Hello, I am a 23 year old male with a highly unusual presentation of giant cell...

•9 years ago

Different Supplier of Pred

Have just returned from the chemist with my new supply of Pred and the packets are different; a different supplier with slightly different additives. The ones...

Have just returned from the chemist with my new supply of Pred and the packets a...

•9 years ago

Report from the alternative treatments frontline

I have been getting low intensity light therapy about two times a week for several weeks. This morning I woke up with a sore back and after thinking about...

I have been getting low intensity light therapy about two times a week for sever...

•9 years ago

Need some advice please.

Hi, I am diagnosed with RA and have some sort of overlap syndrome to have some symptoms of Lupus. Plus I have Fybromyalgia, OA and Hughes. I am on Methotrexate...

Hi, I am diagnosed with RA and have some sort of overlap syndrome to have some s...

•9 years ago

New Rheumy!!

So last Monday started out with a phone call from the rheumy I’ve been seeing cancelling my appointment for Tuesday claiming that they were “not allowed” to...

So last Monday started out with a phone call from the rheumy I’ve been seeing ca...

•9 years ago

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