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Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnosis

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 3, 2023 | Replies (50)
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@colleenyoung

Hi @katclub, a new diagnosis can be scary, but you're not alone as you can see from the helpful responses from @khmc and @tillysam. You might also be interested in these related discussions:

- Temporal biopsies to diagnose GCA: What's your experience?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gca-biopsies/
- GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/temporal-arteritis-1/
- Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/think-i-have-gca/

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katclub | @katclub | Feb 15, 2023

Thank you. My first Acterma injection tonight. Fingers crossed. Bloodwork in 2 weeks, taking the 60milligrams of prednisone too, hope that will be reduced in a month.

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