DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Both my shoulders started to hurt about a month ago. I thought it was arthritis. They were most painful and stiff early in the morning. The pain got so bad that I could hardly put on a shirt. I knew I had to get to the doctor, and I finally did. He took some tests and ordered an X-ray. It turns out I have something called polymyalgia rheumatica.

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