@charlotte61 My husband was diagnosed with PMR a few years ago and was put on a course of Prednisone which was reduced gradually over eighteen months till it was stopped finally. Then he had to take Actonel for bone strength for a couple of years. His PMR seems to be in remission except for an attack in 2018 which fortunately lasted just one day, and the pain was less severe. He hasn’t had any more attacks..

Since then, he was diagnosed with GCA, but that was discovered by a random scan after a car accident we had. He didn’t - and still doesn’t - have any symptoms, but it is being watched by his doctor. He developed glaucoma about four years ago and I wonder if it is due to the GCA. Glaucoma too was discovered after a neglected eye exam. Glaucoma also accelerated his cataracts. Fortunately all these conditions were discovered by chance because other than his eyesight worsening, which we just thought was due to he fact that he has not seen his optometrist for a couple of years, the GCA would not have been discovered had he not gone into emergency after our car accident, and had the doctor on call not done a scan on him.