Today was a bad day for pain
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I don't think I've mentioned I babysit my grandson on Wednesday and then go to work on Thursdays. Thursday always seems to be a more painful day, I assume from chasing him around and trying to pick him up with a definite rotator cuff tear on the right side. Although I've been having pain on the left as well ,as I've mentioned earlier in my posts.Today I had excruciating pain on the left side with a lot of snapping sounds I still have pain at the top of my thighs/ thighs/ and definitely behind both knees after sitting for a prolonged period, find it hard to bend down to pick something up etc....can some of you describe the way your pain feels? How many of you had normal esr but still have PMR? I also took a it more of my leftover prednisone after work and actually feel a bit better.I had been taking melodic am prescribed by my PCP before the blood work? Does anyone know if that could alter esr? 😰
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bronwyn97278 Bert5560
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EileenH Bert5560
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As to "normal bloods" about 1 in 5 patients with PMR or GCA have normal range ESR and CRP. I have never had an ESR above 7, normal is 4. And if a moderate dose of pred (15mg or less) makes a big difference - then your rheumy has to consider PMR as an answer. Certainly what you describe rings bells with me.
If you mean meloxicam - it is an NSAID and NSAIDs are non-steroidal anti-inflammatories - so should reduce the ESR, though by how much I have no idea.
Bert5560 EileenH
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Sorry, I meant Meloxicam. What tests did your MD run on you to determine it wasn't something else? I asked my Rheumatologist if Meloxicam could skew the results of the blood tests, he said he didn't think it would. Because it's an anti-inflammatory I also believe it could mess with the results.
I have an appointment coming up with another Rheumatologist in a couple weeks, hopefully I will get some answers.
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bronwyn97278 Bert5560
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EileenH Bert5560
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This is a professional link on this site which lists the differential diagnoses and some of the tests. I would say there are a few flaws in their PMR assessment but the diagnosis bit is OK!Â
https://patient.info/doctor/polymyalgia-rheumatica-pro