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Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 30 8:20pm | Replies (70)
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@kmeikle1

@SusanEllen66 Good news and glad to hear. Thanks. A positive GCA biopsy is difinitive; a negative can mean they didn't biopsy the right place in the artery. This is only useful information if you are still suffering GCA symptoms. If you are, and you respond well to prednisone that could still indicate you have GCA. Hopefully that's not the case.

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SusanEllen66 | @SusanEllen66 | Aug 18, 2022

Thanks but so far I still haven’t felt much better. I know something is wrong but whatever it is can’t be found…
The prednisone is not helping so I’m tapering myself slowly. I can’t stay on a high dose for a long time. My mental health is not doing well on this stuff…
I’m praying for an answer to this mystery.

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