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Can anyone help me the the question, how to bend over to pick something up? When PMR started I could not lift my legs or bend over. Now I can lift my legs to a degree but still having trouble bending over. Is there something to help this or a different way of bending? I hate having people pick things up for me when I should be able to myself.
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margaret01981 jill58546
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Hi Jill,
Before I started on prednisone I went through 2 months where I couldn’t pick up anything. Besides that, I was very clumsy, which is not normal for me. So was was dropping more than usual. I started on 15 mg and was on that dose a few weeks which made me stronger and able to pick up things again.
I feel for you and hope you are better soon😀
amkoffee jill58546
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You didn't mention if the reason you're not bending over is because of pain or the actual act is physically impossible to do. It matters whether your body is not able to perform that function regardless of pain or if it is pain that stops you from bending over. If it is pain, which I am going to assume it is, then I can say that I completely appreciate your predicament. I have suffered from lower back pain for 13 years. And it has been painful for me to bend over the last few years. But in the last 2 months I have had 5 fractured vertebrae and now I never bend over. Partly because I'm in so much pain and also because I don't want any more vertebrae to fracture. It is extremely painful to have a vertebrae break. Get yourself a reaching stick to have around the house. My husband got me two, one for the kitchen and one to have around me in my regular hang out. (the sofa near my television)
jill58546 amkoffee
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