Thank you so much for your reply. I am going to travel to another city this morning to a bigger hospital. This Mayo Clinic group's sharing info literally is amazing and helpful. Because of the varied way that these autoimmune conditions present, sometimes little details don't get shared in a short doctor office visit. And getting information is really important in managing everything. Trying to get healthy with PMR and all the stuff that can happen; from prednisone side effects to possible GCA is just a lot.
Learning what happened to your dad, the symptoms, and the way the initial prednisone dose affected them helps me because it's similar. I can't thank you enough for your reply!