Hello and how are you all?
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To all those who remember me, hi! To all those newer ones also a big Hi!
I was posting on a regular basis until 6 or so months ago when I had a huge blip which put a lot of my then diagnoses under queries. However I am now back with confirmed diagnoses of PMR. GCA and Polyarthritis and I hope to continue posting regularly.
I am currently on 25mg Pred which I need to reduce as quickly as possible (I have osteoporosis and steroid induced diabetes) which in itself is causing me considerable problems, but you know what PMR is like - we WILL overcome!
I'm also taking methotrexate and by next week will be taking the maximum dose of 25mg weekly. Because I cannot tell how I would have been had I[i:3b990cb817] not[/i:3b990cb817] been taking it, all I can say is that I have the distinct impression that it is helping me a great deal, more so with the other inflammatory arthritis with which I have been diagnosed.
I have had to pick myself up and dust myself down considerably over the last few months, which is the reason I stopped posting.....negative and whiny posts from someone with problems other than PMR/GCA would not have helped anyone one little bit! Having lost all the weight associated with high doses of Pred and then putting it all back on again made me very, very depressed at one point. That is little good to anyone else.
I feel now that I am back on the right pathway and while there may be difficult days ahead for me, at least I now know WHAT I am battling.
I'm also hoping to be there on the 11th March..........I am so looking forward to it and to meeting all those who make it there.
Nefret
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MrsO-UK_Surrey
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:hug: :hug:
Green_Granny
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Anyway it's warmer today and some of the birds are singing (in the rain), sounds like a queue for song, so lets hope we all are on the mend.
I'm not going to be able to make it up to London unfortunately - I don't have many dates in my diary these days but that day has a meeting I really have to get to.
Keep in touch, Pam aka Green Granny
Nefret
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Seem to have done a lot of sleeping, too. Where did January go? I mislaid it somewhere along the way. I vaguely remember a lot of snow.....
I will keep in touch as much as possible.
Nefret
mrs_k
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Glad to see you are back - see you on 11th