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Hello. Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience and the link to the MedScape article. I live...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1108454/

Glad you do not have GCA.

Discussion: Temporal Artery Biopsy VS a color Doppler Ultrasound for GCA diagnosis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 19, 2024

Hi @redboat, I told my rheumatologist there is nothing like the pain of PMR. I called...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/813533/

The only treatment I got for GCA was

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 18, 2023

Hi, PMR hit me May 22, though I wasn't diagnosed for nearly a month. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/732766/

my neurologist--who treats PMR and GCA

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 31, 2022

I was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA in July 2024. I started on 60 mg....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1233078/

was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA

Discussion: shakiness in limbs

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 9 1:53pm

Thank you so very much for your comments! They're very helpful and truly appreciated. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/803381/

I also have symptoms of GCA but not

Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 29, 2023

I have PMR and I am doing pretty good. I started Methylprednisolone in early December at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220288/

case if I get any bad surprises like GCA

Discussion: Traveling with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 24 7:42am

Thanks for your comments on spacing ingestion of prednisone throughout the day. I've been spacing it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/824417/

You are right, 60 mg is a "GCA dose

Discussion: PMR, prednisone and Poor Sleep or Insomnia

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 11, 2023

I was diagnosed with Pmr in July 2019, per high crp and sed rates. It took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/815093/

prednisone for 2 years but I also have GCA

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 21, 2023

Hi Marilyn @marilynredder2367, Thanks for the website reference. I will include it below with others that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/619682/

, and foster research into PMR and GCA

Discussion: PMR and exercise: What helps you?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 25, 2021

Hello @elderdiana Welcome to Connect. There are two other discussions that you might want to join...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211413/

talking about Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA

Discussion: New Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (Husband)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 25, 2018

I'm not an expert in anything. The thing I learned from the whole ordeal was how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099962/

illnesses and I was never diagnosed with GCA ... how I wasn't ever diagnosed with GCA

Discussion: Has Prednisone/Actemra worked to completely heal GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 5, 2024

@windyshores Thank you for your insight!! It helps me to feel that I'm not going crazy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091317/

complicated of his issues (with PMR and GCA ... that was recently FDA approved for GCA

Discussion: Hello, I joined today to get help in deciding what medication to begin

Support Group: Osteoporosis & Bone Health

Posted: Jun 21, 2024

Hello, I too think the covid booster gave me PMR which morphed into GCA. I want...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/845914/

booster gave me PMR which morphed into GCA ... and in September it had morphed into GCA

Discussion: Two weeks in, frightened by meds, PMR and COVID Booster Shot

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 19, 2023

I had an "interesting" experience with double vision. I think it was generated by PMR inflammation....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/820676/

concern was Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... inflamed head arteries that characterize GCA

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 4, 2023

@juanitalinda Thank you for posting this! It was very helpful. I've been trying to talk him...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130010/

then last year was hit with PMR then GCA ... other issues while doing scans for the GCA

Discussion: I reversed osteoporosis without drugs

Support Group: Osteoporosis & Bone Health

Posted: Aug 24, 2024

This is a long story. My PCP diagnosed me with Templer Arteritus and prescribed 60 Mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/857423/

biopsy to determine the possibility of GCA ... about a year and a half and have the GCA

Discussion: What's your experience with Actemra for GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 10, 2023

My ophthalmologist didn't like me being on prednisone either. My intraocular pressures seemed to vary depending...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/831351/

that the medication prescribed for GCA ... options available for people with PMR/GCA

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 24, 2023

just read your situation and I'm considering Actemra infusion... There are so many risks that are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/977776/

booster ) I then tested positive for GCA

Discussion: GCA conserns

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 9, 2023

Hi @hunib33, You were smart. I suffered in silence for a year thinking I had fibromyalgia....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873741/

was resentful and told me if I had GCA

Discussion: Can we make PMR funny ? Can we fight the immune cells involved ?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

GCA generally is my prominent illness the headaches will show prior to any hip or shoulder...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/704111/

GCA generally is my prominent illness

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 30, 2022