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Hi All,
Bad news CRP 19 and ESR 91 having to increase pred to 5mg and have a rheumatology appointment Monday to see what he's got to say!!
Meanwhile for about a fortnight I've been having a burning sensation in my shins, maybe a flare as inflammation is going up, I don't know. Has anyone else had the same sensation??
Many thanks
Andrea xx
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amkoffee andrea93419
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You asked if anyone else has this problem with her shins . Well I do. I have been suffering from shin and ankle pain for months now and I kept complaining to my doctor . Then it occurred to me that I changed cholesterol medicine in December after I had a TIA and I'm wondering if that is the culprit. I talked to my GP two days ago when I saw him and he suggested I stop taking my cholesterol medicine for a couple of weeks and see if it doesn't go away. That way if it dose go away I know it's the cholesterol medicine. If I still have it then there's another issue.
andrea93419 amkoffee
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its so frustrating when you think something has gone, then it reappears somewhere else.
Many thanks Andrea x
track amkoffee
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I am iterested in you having a TIA in December, I also had one in January this year. Could the Neurologists come up with any cause for your TIA, mine could not, but suggested it could have been Cholesterol tablets being on a low dose, and put up my dose to 40mgs daily.
I suggested to him could this be an effect of the PMR? difficult to say was his answer.
My Cholesterol reading at the time of the TIA was 6.8 which was high,, though not as bad as some. It has now dropped to 4. No history of strokes in my family, though I expect it has to start somewhere with someone in any family. I am managing with the higher cholesterol intake, no pains etc. My PMR in remission at the present, still on 4mgs of Prednisone.
take care, Track