Bike riding every day for 45 minutes
“I will be 76 in April (at my age every month matters) and have been a lifelong cyclist with a decade or so missing in my 30/40s. I have had polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) since age 70 and have been on steroids (prednisolone) throughout.
Definitely light at the end of the tunnel
In 2007 I had just returned from a holiday in Menorca and on the way back I started to experience some really bad pains in my back. Having had back trouble for some considerable time, I naturally thought this was the problem.
What a difference the prednisolone made
Since 1995 I have been coping with osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia but in May 2009 strange things were happening to my body. I couldn’t get warm despite being wrapped in jumpers and blankets.
Tapering is an inexact science
Looking back nearly three years it was like a sick version of the joke about how many actors / Jewish mothers / psychiatrists etc it takes to change a light bulb. In this case, it was: How many doctors does it take to diagnose a case of Giant Cell Arteritis?
Reassurance from PMR GCA Scotland
In early January 2011 I became aware of a constant quite mild ache behind my right ear and upwards, settling above my right eye. It was only upon mentioning to a cousin, who is a nurse, my intention to visit an optician for an eye test and confirming the symptoms only occurred down one side, that I was persuaded to visit our GP.
I try not to become too overtired
I was on a round trip, twelve- day cruise from Bergen up to Kirkenes, in the north of Norway, then back down to Bergen. The scenery was spectacular…towering mountains, rushing waterfalls, small, neat wooden painted houses and villages perched in lonely locations…. beautiful towns with thriving modern communities rich in history and culture. This was the Norway I knew and loved.