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Yesterday was my Drs appointment after 3 weeks on 15mg, the locum has gone and it's back to normal with just one full time GP and one part timer. She seemed glad the locum had diagnosed me in her absence but not completely convinced, however she listened when I said I felt miraculously better after a day, but the busier days at work set me back a bit, so could I try 20mg and see if that helped. She has agreed for a short time to try this. Sending me for a dexa scan and rheumy appointment next month, hope to be feeling much better by then as it's a 95 mile drive to the nearest hospital and no way could I manage that yet.
Feeling a bit more optimistic now
Wish I could feel the same about the dreadful format of this forum, I don't know if I can be bothered searching for hours through many threads with "hijacked off-subject info" yet you are all so caring and knowlegable that I will try, it seems rude not to thank someone for advice but I haven't the time to spend hours looking for something. Can't believe it won some award for website of the year!! Other forums I have used are charities not private businesses so there's none of the distracting adverts everywhere. They are set up like a website with headings and sub headings for each subject category not like a series of simple text messages! rant over..
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ptolemy irene1055
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EileenH irene1055
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They have changed the format a couple of times since I joined 6 years ago - and neither time was for the better IMHO. The addition the last time of voting and points collecting is the pits if you ask me! Sorry about the "off-piste" stuff - but its something I don't mind because the forum is functioning as a support group by allowing people to talk about other things that are still part of living with PMR - it affects our entire life. And really I have to agree with ptolemy, the site as a whole is superb with the range of services it provides.
When it was set up originally I don't think it was ever intended to have forums - it was set up by a couple of doctors to provide info for other doctors. If you find the ads too irritating google adblockplus and consider downloading the one appropriate to your search engine. It does what it says on the tin and brings a degree of sanity into using the site. I gather that another PMR/GCA forum that is run by a UK charity also has ads as someone complained about them the other day - I didn't know because this computer came with adblockplus as part of Google Chrome, I have never seen them! The third UK PMR forum also gets ads if they don't pay the ransom to the host NOT to have them - again, not a problem for me now and they were quite amusing tbh, not wizzing around like the Lemsip ad used to be on here! But funding has to come from somewhere - even for the charities.
If you are looking for purely info without the fluff then go to this thread
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/pmr-gca-website-addresses-and-resources-35316
and explore the links. The PMRGCAUK northeast forum on forumup has sections in it with specific advice and info which have been taken from posts people found useful and put into one called "Eileen's Input" or a FAQs bit. We tell people to do their reading and then come back with specific questions any time they like. We keep the chat and messing about bits separately in the Chatterbox and Photos. The NE support group site has oodles of unadulterated info as does the Scottish site. You can also buy both the DVD "You are not alone" and the booklet the northeast group has done for members even without becoming a member - no ads in them and worth every penny!
Have you registered for email notifications of posts? Then you will see if someone has replied to you with a sensible/useful response - and you can ignore others as I do. I read every post - but don't log in if it is just a short "Thanks" or "I didnt sleep well last night blah blah..."
irene1055 EileenH
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EileenH irene1055
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The guy on the other forum has just thanked me for his pleasurable "NO ads!!!!"
Oregonjohn-UK irene1055
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Hope this helps, John
snapperblue irene1055
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EileenH snapperblue
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You'd be surprised how many people don't know how to start a new thread despite it being in a big green box at the bottom of the page. There was also some wailing and gnashing of teeth a few months ago because a few people thought this was a totally private "locked" forum - despite the statement a whole 1/4" from where they are typing!