KEN
HI SHAR & OTHERS! I BECAME VERY ILL WITHIN HOURS IN DEC.1998.COULD NOT GET BETTER.MAR.1999 I HAD A STROKE. IN MAY WENT TO MAYO CLINIC AFTER READING ABOUT PMR & CONFIRATION FROM FAMILY DR. MY EYE DR. ALSO CONFIRMED GIANT CELL ARTERITIS WHICH SOMETIMES GOES HAND IN HAND WITH PMR CAUSING GLAUCOMA. I'M PRESENTLY ON 10 MG PREDNISONE BUT PAIN IS SEVERE IN SCALP,JAWS,SHOULDERS, & HIPS.DEPRESSION & FATIQUE ARE CONSTANT.WANT TO GET TO 7.5 AT LEAST. METHOTREXATE DID NOT SEEM TO HELP ME. I WATCH DIET AND TAKE FOSAMAX FOR BONES.I'VE NOT HEARD OF ANYONE WHO HAS COMPLETEY BEATEN THIS DISEASE.I AM A PHARMACIST SO CONTINUE TO READ & STUDY ALL I CAN ABOUT PMR/gca. GOOD TO READ 'CHAT' SO I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS. THANKS