Thanks for the link. What I can tell you is that GCA can appear as a jaw problem sending you to the dentist. I actually went to the dentist for TMJ one month before my initial flare of TMJ. My neurologist tells me it can appear as pain similar to trigeminal neuralgia which is a nerve problem. I actually went to my neurologist a year before my first flare with trigeminal neuralgia Dx-ed. And it can appear as headaches and vision problems. I sure there are other presentations. Once my eye doctor heard I had PMR she reacted swiftly to coach me in case I showed symptoms at any point in the future. My Rheumy told me she screened for GCA, and since I did not have symptoms she did not mention it. I suppose she thought it was a given it would not crop up. I'll take my ophthalmologist's advice on GCA in the future.

No. Not painless. I also had a local. I can handle some pain. Oh brother . I wished I had been put under. Two years later that area is still tender. This was done at the Mayo hospital. So not like I went to a local urgent care.