I had a lot of symptoms of GCA. I had pain in my cheekbones that was the worst when I was in bed at night, because of the pressure against the pillow. I had night sweats, low grade fever for several hours each day, weight loss, tenderness around my ears and on my scalp, and a lot of fatigue in my jaw muscles when I was chewing. I eventually went to the emergency room when I lost the vision in one eye for a few seconds. While I was at the hospital I had several more episodes of temporary vision loss in that eye. They started treatment immediately for GCA, and my vision turned out ok.

I never had any headaches, and I didn't pay attention to my temporal arteries. They did do a biopsy, and it was positive for GCA. I just googled headaches and GCA, and it said 10 - 30 percent of patients with GCA don't have headaches. But I had most of the other symptoms.

Are you currently being treated for PMR? I had PMR for maybe 8 months or so before I started having symptoms of GCA. Have you had a rheumatologist check you for GCA? It can be very dangerous.