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Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 1 8:19pm | Replies (342)Comment receiving replies
I HAD TEMPORARY BLINDNESS IN ONE EYE AND JAW PAIN BUT AFTER 2 days in hosp. I WAS TOLD NOT GCA. TWO MONTHS LATER after a biopsy in another hosp. Told I have GCA. Started 60 mg. Of prednasone and also methotrexate . One and one half years later down to 3 mg. Then my ESR and c reactive protein tests started going up so Now 6 months later, I am still on 5mg prednisone. I HAVE NEVER HAD much pain, but worry about my vision. It is a struggle. Good to talk to others. Feel not so alone.
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@elderdiana - My biggest fear was that I would go blind. My father went blind when I was about 9. We never knew why he went blind but we are now thinking he had GCA. They knew about GCA in the 50’s but I don’t remember my parents going to the doctor very often.
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Yes so good to talk to people who have this . This crp is what keeps going up with me also.
So glad your blindness was only temporary.