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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Your PCP missed a diagnosis of PMR? Ouch. Usually pretty obvious, and when your ESR comes back 130, it's even more obvious. Low dose/alt day steroids for you????
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ESR over 130. 1 year of almost debilitating pain. Had PCP do CRP (after our Google research). CRP was 100+..
20 mg of Prednisone every day, taper when the CRP# and pain reduces. Up down, up down, up down for 3 years. Tapered all the way down to 2mg/day (3 times) ... then had to go back up again.
At least I didn't get balloon face and tolerated the Prednisone well. My CRP still runs around 15 or so, but I guess that's just me. "Treat the patient, not the numbers" my Rheumatologist says they taught her in school.