To @kathren, this is totally my opinion from my own GCA experience, lots of research, and long conversations with my Concierge primary care doc and my Rheum doc. I agree you should be on 40-60mg prednisone. If you have GCA, you need treatment ASAP to forego potential vision problems. September is too long to wait. If you can’t get this quickly, I would go to a hospital emergency room if possible, tell the why you are concerned about GCA. If not possible, ask your PA to research GCA, if necessary, and get that high dose prednisone. Any doc can prescribe. Standard of care, according to my docs, is that if GCA is suspected, it is appropriate to begin high dose prednisone, and then continue on to confirmation with carotid ultrasound or biopsy. Good luck to you.