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existing pain issues prior to pmr diagnosis

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cheryl74384
cheryl74384

i hear a lot of people talk about some chronic pain issues before pmr diagnosis, things like back problems, sciatica , herniated disk, shoulder problem, tendonitis, bursitis, some of these issues apparently presented symptons on and off for years, is is possible these conditions, not really have being treated, have led to what drs are now diagnosing as pmr, after body has fought with these conditions for so long, body wears down to point where boom,PMR diagnosed ?

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  • maid_mariane
    maid_mariane cheryl74384

    Posted

    I look back after my diagnosis and can honestly say i had the onset of symptoms for up too a year prior to diagnosis.

    I suffered with back problems, cronic fatigue, some depression, constant low grade fever but sluffed most of it off.

    My Dr told me to take 3 mos off and during this time my symptoms progressively got worse to the point of excruciating pain.

    For me it was slow onset PMR.

    • cheryl74384
      cheryl74384 maid_mariane

      Posted

      yes, thats exactly what i,m talking about, i think these pre existing conditions wear the body down, and of course, your immune system becomes compromise, thus autoimmune diseases, thing is, so many of our issues we,ve had previously, have either been misdiagnosed, treated as everyday wear and tear, and been given pain killers to mask real causes, and here we are, since nobody can tell us how we end up with pmr, i really think this theory is valid
    • dea13
      dea13 cheryl74384

      Posted

      Hi Cheryl, It makes me wonder also : I found some old blood tests showing 4 years : In everyone my inflammation was high, yet I was told I had ostero arthritis, possible Fibro. No real tests done at the time. 

      I ask now, why? if my inflammation was high every time. I didn't have a set Dr at the time, I used to just go to a medical clinic and every which Dr was free I saw. Never again!! 

      I think my PMR was creeping up on me for a long time. In Australia they don't seem to know much about it ...

      You may be right : 

       

    • cheryl74384
      cheryl74384 dea13

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      yes, i think that,s whats happen to a lot of us, dr,s just don,t seem to have the time or inclination to be as thorough as they should, either they become to complacent with you, if you,ve been a long time patient of theirs, or they have too many patients, to actually spend the time, and some seem to be reluctant to refer , i don,t know why that is, so we all have to be responsible,, and proactive with our health issues more now than ever,keep asking questions, and persist, i guess for answers, and myself,, i have a hard time accepting the answer " we don,t know what causes pmr",any best of luck for future good health to you dea13

  • anapp
    anapp cheryl74384

    Posted

    I don't know about others, but I had absolutely no symptoms (other than backaches) before the onset of the Polymyalgia body aches and pains.  I was fast-walking 3 or 4 days a week and doing sprints during the walks and was just always on the go. Then  one day all of a sudden I felt like 100 years old and it got worse each day until I was diagnosed and started Prednisone.

    • cheryl74384
      cheryl74384 anapp

      Posted

      yes, from all the material i have read, and talking with others suffering from this disease, they say, it can happen overnight, still has to be a cause for immune system to react this way,i hope one day they,ll have some answers for us
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga cheryl74384

      Posted

      I remember the day at work I had to call a co-worker over to take a pile of books out of my arms because I suddenly didn't seem able to move enough to lift them so I could set them down onto the top of the counter beside me.  But I'd had other pain I now think must have been PMR or at least some sort of inflammation-related "niggles" for years before that.  Took about a year from that incident before I was diagnosed.

  • tory38006
    tory38006 cheryl74384

    Posted

    Cheryl that is a very interesting question.For me my chronic

    health conditions (fibromyalgia\undiagnosed pmr?) was

    triggered I believe by stressful events in my life from family

    problems as well as the sudden death of my mother.

    I also have osteoarthritis head to toe.

    • cheryl74384
      cheryl74384 tory38006

      Posted

      yes Tory, i,m thinking that could have been what led up to my pmr, lot of family problems, very stressful,hard to distance yourself from that, 
    • anapp
      anapp tory38006

      Posted

      I agree too thinking back.  Seems I have so many balls in the air I'm always stressed but the the fatigue causes more stress because you don't know how you're going to cope with all you need to do.  Very sorry about your mother.

    • tory38006
      tory38006 anapp

      Posted

      anapp,thanks for saying so.Yesterday was the 2 year date from when

      she passed,it was a very hard day sad.Your right about the fatigue.

      If we are fatigued then we are in pain,hard cycle for sure

    • tory38006
      tory38006 cheryl74384

      Posted

      Hi cheryl,for sure you are in the midst of things when family

      issues pop up.I am too soft hearted and being a Mom you try

      and help or be there even when you feel exhausted lol

  • amkoffee
    amkoffee cheryl74384

    Posted

    Well my back pain has been with me for over 10 years. I injured it while I was working out in the gym. My PMR diagnosis came this year in September. And my thought was when I started the prednisone it would help my back too but it didn't. In fact my back has been in the worst condition it has ever been in. My rheumatologist says it's not connected to my PMR but my pain management doctor says it is and I think it is. But I don't believe my back pain started the PMR.

    • anapp
      anapp amkoffee

      Posted

      My Rheymy said the Prednisone would not help my back pain which I had beforehand, but I think it did...at least while I was on high doses.
    • amkoffee
      amkoffee anapp

      Posted

      Well that's just crazy. Prednisone is good at treating inflammation . Your back hurts partially because of inflammation. So you take one plus one and you come up with 2. Now my pain management doctor agreed with me that the prednisone should have helped my back pain. But apparently the PMR is too much for my back.

    • anapp
      anapp amkoffee

      Posted

      May be crazy, but he was right.  My back ached most of the time once I was on lower doses of Prednisone.  Actually it has ached for so long, I can't remember if it ached on the higher doses or not but don't think so.  Seems like I remember a break in the back pain for awhile...not long enough.

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