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Wrist Pain

Hi all- I was tapering quite well and down to 6.5mg. Now I’m waking up with wrist pain. At first it was mainly in the right wrist but over the last few days...

Hi all- I was tapering quite well and down to 6.5mg. Now I’m waking up with wris...

Mikeysaab

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Rest or exercise?

I returned from Devon a week ago and did quite a lot of walking, and only felt ill for one day. I was achy all the time, but walking seems to help. At home I...

I returned from Devon a week ago and did quite a lot of walking, and only felt i...

ClarkB

•5 years ago

33 Replies

Could I have PMR

Hi I saw my consultant back in June I told him my knees and hips where aching and he sent me for an X-ray,down to 1 mg steroids until I see him in October but...

Hi I saw my consultant back in June I told him my knees and hips where aching an...

Gran6

•5 years ago

2 Replies

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I am now becoming more worried

Hi everyone My upper body stiffness continues. Mostly it feels like someone has tried to rip my arms from my sockets! Oh and the typical hard to turn over in...

Hi everyone My upper body stiffness continues. Mostly it feels like someone has ...

JulieR2

•5 years ago

25 Replies

Taper setback

I was tapering from 60mg prednisone since late May. Got down to 30 tapering 5mg every two weeks, then the wheels came off. Extreme fatigue, joint and back...

I was tapering from 60mg prednisone since late May. Got down to 30 tapering 5mg ...

PMRDude

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Depression antidotes

What activities or thought processes do you find help lift you out of the inevitable moments, days, weeks of depression brought on by our illness? I walk, have...

What activities or thought processes do you find help lift you out of the inevit...

HeronNS

•5 years ago

79 Replies

PMR and Piriformis syndrome

Hi Everybody, I have my first appointment with a Rheumatologist on Monday after diagnosis May 19.Currently on 10mg ,however I have increased today to 12.5 mg...

Hi Everybody, I have my first appointment with a Rheumatologist on Monday after ...

Croft9232

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Update re work

Hello everyone. Was signed off for 2 weeks in the end, from my 3 day a week gardening job. I’ve then returned doing half days (in the afternoon) and am taking...

Hello everyone. Was signed off for 2 weeks in the end, from my 3 day a week gard...

Fozzes

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Gastro resistant pred...success!

I went to see my own top class GP yesterday and took the opportunity of explaining how my G/R pred had been refused. She has reinstated it saying I need all...

I went to see my own top class GP yesterday and took the opportunity of explaini...

polymy

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Magnesium supplements for PMR??

Hi, just wondering if anyone has tried a magnesium supplement like Mag365 for PMR symptoms? Thanks.

Hi, just wondering if anyone has tried a magnesium supplement like Mag365 for PM...

emma9475

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Don't know what's happening to me........

I have tapered very slowly from 40mg Pred , starting May 2017, and am now at 7mg Pred. I wrote recently that my CRP levels are raised but that I don't have...

I have tapered very slowly from 40mg Pred , starting May 2017, and am now at 7mg...

Janann25

•5 years ago

26 Replies

PMR diagnosed around March 2019

Hi, first post and looking for some advice please. First diagnosed around March of this year and started on 15mg prednisolone reducing by 1mg every week....

Hi, first post and looking for some advice please. First diagnosed around March ...

Whittley

•5 years ago

47 Replies

Pred expiry date

For those of us in GB. Watch out for the dates of expiry on the packets. I’ve just collected my latest prescription and found the 5mg expires September 2019. I...

For those of us in GB. Watch out for the dates of expiry on the packets. I’ve ju...

Jean56

•5 years ago

40 Replies

48 and an Iron(wo)man - how did I end up with PMR?!

I am a 48 year old woman and was in full throes of training for Ironman Vichy when I first started getting ill in June. By July my symptoms got so bad I...

I am a 48 year old woman and was in full throes of training for Ironman Vichy wh...

PMR_Triathlete

•5 years ago

24 Replies

Flare of PMR and Blue badge outcome

Morning everyone, I haven't posted for a week or two because I've been in the throes of a very nasty PMR flare which left me in great pain and struggling to...

Morning everyone, I haven't posted for a week or two because I've been in the t...

Oxford8

•5 years ago

30 Replies

monitoring my GCA with difficulty

I am monitoring my GCA with difficulty as nothing is clear and when to act? Are the aches and pains due to GCA or regular aches and pains which I would...

I am monitoring my GCA with difficulty as nothing is clear and when to act? Ar...

Teekay2

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Help

Hi All, Now 6 days on Pred. Dr upped dose to 15mg 6am - 10mg 10pm from 15mg daily. I am really struggling. During the day from 1 - 7pm I function 80% the rest...

Hi All, Now 6 days on Pred. Dr upped dose to 15mg 6am - 10mg 10pm from 15mg dail...

Fredddie

•5 years ago

21 Replies

Leg spasms and PMR

Thankyou all for responding to my problem. I have started taking Prednisolone again. When I wrote my first post I wasnt taking prednisolone. The doctor...

Thankyou all for responding to my problem. I have started taking Prednisolone a...

Ukidoris

•5 years ago

2 Replies

GCA eye followup

Been looking forward to ophthalmologist appt in hope's of reducing prednisone, but neuro-ophthalmologist said field vision test worse than last time. Said they...

Been looking forward to ophthalmologist appt in hope's of reducing prednisone, b...

Spanky2019

•5 years ago

20 Replies

Back again....the saga continues on.....

Hello all! Hope you are having a lovely summer. After getting back from trip - I needed a break from my health problems. I have tapered down from 50mg pred to...

Hello all! Hope you are having a lovely summer. After getting back from trip - I...

Kern1410

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Thank youcl

Hi to everyone who replied to my post about Impetigo. I took your advice and steered well clear of my friend to day. You can't be too careful, and she was fine...

Hi to everyone who replied to my post about Impetigo. I took your advice and ste...

Attic

•5 years ago

7 Replies

How do I find the prednisolone taper plans?

Came across them once now nowhere to be found!! I looked in the search bar - help!!

Came across them once now nowhere to be found!! I looked in the search bar - hel...

selkie2019

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Alendronic Acid

I had a GP app this am to review HRT ( for recurrent UTIs). While there, she said I should be taking Alondronic Acid. That Calcium/ vit D was no protection on...

I had a GP app this am to review HRT ( for recurrent UTIs). While there, she sai...

Breconblue

•5 years ago

85 Replies

Re: Mosquitos

Thanks for all the advice....once again I have woken up with a dozen or more new bites, some great big swollen ones. I have tried everything.. I was so...

Thanks for all the advice....once again I have woken up with a dozen or more new...

Jeanjean16

•5 years ago

35 Replies

Eye problems is it PMR?

Hi, I recently read a post from koalajane to do with dry eyes and PMR. I have woken up many times with red eyes, my vision is blurred and I sometimes have a...

Hi, I recently read a post from koalajane to do with dry eyes and PMR. I have wo...

Hidden

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Using Cold to Reduce Inflammation

Someone has told me that having cold baths or cold showers helps with inflammatory problems. Before plunging in! Has anyone tried this and, if so, has relieved...

Someone has told me that having cold baths or cold showers helps with inflammato...

Bignorhill

•5 years ago

24 Replies

Uti

I've got the 3rd Uti since April. This time I've had to take antibiotics and they have affected me no end. Very tired, very achy - I've never noticed this...

I've got the 3rd Uti since April. This time I've had to take antibiotics and th...

Constance13

•5 years ago

46 Replies

Ukidoris

PMR and leg Spasms Does anyone suffer from leg spams when their PMR flares up. It wakes me all through the night Im seeing the doctor tomorrow because I need...

PMR and leg Spasms Does anyone suffer from leg spams when their PMR flares up. ...

Ukidoris

•5 years ago

9 Replies

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All posts for August 2019

Wrist Pain

Rest or exercise?

Could I have PMR

I am now becoming more worried

Taper setback

Depression antidotes

PMR and Piriformis syndrome

Update re work

Gastro resistant pred...success!

Magnesium supplements for PMR??

Don't know what's happening to me........

PMR diagnosed around March 2019

Pred expiry date

48 and an Iron(wo)man - how did I end up with PMR?!

Flare of PMR and Blue badge outcome

monitoring my GCA with difficulty

Help

Leg spasms and PMR

GCA eye followup

Back again....the saga continues on.....

Thank youcl

How do I find the prednisolone taper plans?

Alendronic Acid

Re: Mosquitos

Eye problems is it PMR?

Using Cold to Reduce Inflammation

Uti

Ukidoris

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