I’m responding to Wendy but hope anyone dealing with or wondering if they have GCA might benefit from hearing my story. I had the blinding headache, I had the long waits for referrals, I had the negative biopsy after starting prednisone. I found the whole thing horribly demoralizing and scary. Everything seemed out of my control and unpredictable. But luckily I remembered a particular diet I had read about years ago and I decided to try it to see if I could help myself as I went through the process. It’s Dr. Terry Wahls diet and to put it simply you eat protein and 9 cups of fruits and vegetables every day being sure to include colorful vegetables with polyphenols and asparagus and broccoli type veg . She’s an MD who got improvement with her MS using this diet which focuses on strengthening your mitochondria. She recommends it to people with other autoimmune diseases. It’s simple, unless you have food allergies, it won’t hurt you and I never got hungry. I’m over a year off the prednisone now without a recurrence of the GCA. I ran the diet by my doctors of course, and they said it looked great. She’s got a website and a book if you’re curious. I know it helped my physical snd mental health while I was taking the steroids and I still follow her principles.