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@joan7

So, what you had was an actual biopsy of the temporal arteries or was it the removal of a large part of the arteries? That must have been horrible for you. So sorry you had to go through that. Thank you for sharing your journey. Hoping the best for you in years to come.

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They do remove a section of the artery to study it. It was a painless procedure as the doctor put me under general anesthetic. Virtually no pain afterward either. It's a common procedure when GCA is suspected.