{"id":2371,"date":"2021-10-16T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigromano.com\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2021-10-16T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:32:21","slug":"romanos-battle-with-pmr-featured-in-seattle-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigromano.com\/?p=2371","title":{"rendered":"Romano&#8217;s battle with PMR Featured in Seattle Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February of 2021 I was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/polymyalgia-rheumatica\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376539\">Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)<\/a>, an auto-immune disease. I am determined to put it into remission and keep living an active lifestyle including hiking more than 2,000 miles a year and participating in 50K trail running events.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Wood of the Seattle Times wrote a feature on how I am dealing with this condition. I hope my story inspires others with auto-immune disorders to stay positive and try to live a healthy life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/life\/outdoors\/pacific-northwest-guidebook-author-craig-romano-takes-pmr-diagnosis-in-stride\/\">Read the Full Story Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/life\/outdoors\/pacific-northwest-guidebook-author-craig-romano-takes-pmr-diagnosis-in-stride\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2372\" src=\"http:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/craigromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7553-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February of 2021 I was diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), an auto-immune disease. 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