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@charann2000 - Hi it is Tinkerbell - The only thing I am worried about is that the medicine is covering up your symptoms. Have you had another Sed Rate? I sure hope you don’t have GCA.
Hi Tinkerbell, I really don't think they are masking the symptoms, but I could be entirely wrong. Forgot to mention another interesting diagnostic tool, my Ear, Nose, Throat Specialist/Surgeon who originally mentioned that my symptoms sound like Temporal Arteitis said at a follow up visit three weeks ago, said that if I had Temporal Arteitis I would experience discomfort and tenderness each and every time I touched my left temple. When he said that to me, I immediately placed my hand on my left temple area and felt no discomfort whatsoever. Then he suggested I see another RA Specialist who really deals regularly with Temporal Arteritis and if he cannot come up with a defnitive Temporal Arteritis diagnosis to then see a Neurologist. To answer your question regarding having had another sedimentation test done, the answer is no not since I self-admitted myself through the ER in April of this year. I expect in August when I go to another RA Specialist he will request that and several other blood tests regarding RA again be done....that would be about four months since the last full blood panel done at the ER.
Interesting for sure .