No muscle strength and extremely week only relief was sitting in a chair or lying in bed without moving. ġ8 months later unable to rise from a low chair ,over the next few weeks became aware of stiffness in rear of thighs only painful when bending, July woke up one morning unable to get out of bed due to stiffness and pain, self care was almost impossible due to pain and chronic fatigue. Treatment from Chiropractor with no relief. Started 2 years previously with sever pain in hips noticeable when trying to rise from a kneeling position ,pain in neck became noticeable as well. PMR burned out after 4 1/2 years but I adhered to the DSNS pred reduction, which I cant recommend strongly enough! I quickly reduced to 15 mg and then very slooooowwly reduced. Within an hour I was pain and stiffness free! It was like a miracle. I filled the Prednisone prescription before heading to the lab for bloodwork and as soon as my name was called, I swallowed 25 mg of Prednisone. The pain had become almost unbearable so I would say pain and stiffness was equal at about 8/10. My Doc of course said no way and I told her I needed bloodwork and prescription for Prednisone, promising not to take the Pred until bloodwork was drawn. PMR came up - a condition I had never heard of, and I knew after reading the symptoms that this was what I had. I started googling myalgia because I knew it meant muscle ache. Stiffness was hardly bearable, particularly when first getting up in morning. It continually got worse, and I began walking like a 90 year year old. As a nurse I immediately knew it was inflammation because of the burning feeling and bilateral stiffness and aching. I awoke with a burning sensation between my shoulder blades and stiffness in my shoulders and hips. Hello from Calgary ! So glad to see that you are continuing to share your time incredible wealth of knowledge and now - moderating!
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