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1. • CommentAuthorPattyC
   • CommentTimeJan 29th 2009

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   <p>I don't know what kind of doctor to see. I feel like my PCP is just sending me around to all of the specialists.</p>
2. • CommentAuthorRAdar
   • CommentTimeMar 26th 2009

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   Hi Patty...It's hard to answer your question without a few details of your symptoms!
   
   Sorry you are having to do the Specialist Dance! Been there (today, as a matter of fact)! Pretty sure I'll have to keep on doin' that!
3. • CommentAuthorSanjeeb
   • CommentTimeApr 5th 2009

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   I feel severe backpain and pain around neck & shoulder gridle when I get up in morning ,the whole day I feel very fatigue
   and tired,also feel feverish in some evenings.All the symptoms occour if I can't sleep just after going to bed.If I work out for sometime in gym I feel very good till the next morning.
   
   After researching in the net,I guess it is an auto-immune disease(Polymyalgia Rheumatica).I am suffering it since 2 years.
   
   I've already seen medicine ,gastroentomologist and orthopaedic specialist,but all are in vain.I don't know which department is best for this type of disease.Please give some suggestion..........
4. • CommentAuthorvirlad
   • CommentTimeApr 6th 2009

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   The type of doctor that speaclizes in PMR is a Rheumotologist. Good luck.
5. • CommentAuthorGenloop
   • CommentTimeApr 9th 2009

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   Hello, for my lupus I see::: A rheumotologist- he deals with all whole of lupus. I see a lung doctor for my lupus in my lungs and Interstic lung disease. I see a nuro and a counsler to get through the brain involment with lupus. I have a PCP who treats all of the other stuff, including my pain management. I also have a heart doc.
6. • CommentAuthorSnowshoo
   • CommentTimeApr 9th 2009

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   Same here. The Rheumatologist was the first specailist I ever saw, when I was dxed with Lupus. Since then, I've acquired quite a 'doctor portfolio', from head to toe. But, I rely on my PCP for being able to sort thru and figure out all the symptoms and if I should be seen by someone, and whom. He's definitely a keeper. Specialists come and go, but my PCP is my first line of defense. Keep going to those specialists! One of them may come up with a dx. Good luck.
7. • CommentAuthorMartha
   • CommentTimeApr 9th 2009

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   Before I was Dx with Lupus, MCTD I was getting the run arounds as well. I was seeing my PCP who wouldn't refer me to a rheumotologist just kept telling me she could handle everything but wasn't doing nothing but giving me Aleve for pain. which wasn't helping at all. it took my psychiatrist who is also an medical dr to Dx me with Lupus & to refer me to a rheumotologist I truely believe that If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have never been Dignosised I kept on being told It may be Lupus, MS MCTD ect. ever an exact answer. when my psychiatrist got involved and got tired of them givng me the run arounds she started sending me for tests, blood work, ect. and comparing past tests she have Lupus as well. so she knew the symptoms. I see a pain management dr, heart dr, neurologist, endo dr, sleep apena, Gyn and my pcp dr
8. • CommentAuthorbburt510
   • CommentTimeApr 21st 2009

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   Sanjeeb, please see my post of today under what kind of disease do you have. I signed it BarBara. Have you been to a rheumatologist? What kind of meds do you take for your PMR? Were your sed rate and CRP tests high? I'd have to assume someone told you you have PMR. I, too, have searched the net for information but I guess we're not a big enough population of suffers for it to be treated as important.
   I so understand about that shoulder pain! Mine feels like someone has bricks on my shoulders and is forcing me into the ground. My pcp just put me on Folic Acid to take with my prednisone and my once weekly Methotrexate, which is now 6-2.5 mg tablets once a week.
   You would think someone would invent a definitive test for PMR.
   Please stay on the blog. Maybe we can help each other.
   BarBara
9. • CommentAuthorhazelsoldest
   • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009

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   You truly need to find a rheumatologist who will listen to you ( and really hear you)!!At this time my rheumatologist is handling 90 percent of my care, also have a fine PCP when I need him. Beverly