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Thanks for starting this group! Before diagnosis and prednisone, with full onset PMR for months, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/617458/

With a diagnosis of GCA, I was prescribed

Discussion: PMR and exercise: What helps you?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 17, 2021

Hello Terri and welcome. I was diagnosed with GCA and PMR in late June 2024, so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257162/

I was diagnosed with GCA and PMR in

Discussion: New member with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 13 2:53pm

Hi @josiemc24, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm glad you were able to see a rheumatologist....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286873/

anything about Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 16, 2021

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1216281/

I was then diagnosed with GCA in late

Discussion: Still frustrated about blurry vision from GCA

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jan 19 9:06am

No real insight except to say Actemra works well for me. I'm glad you were able...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1144577/

year of Actemra for the treatment of GCA

Discussion: Is progress being made in understanding PMR/GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 20, 2024

You’re right; your situation does sound like PMR. May be worth at least setting an appointment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1053215/

-6 weeks and assessed properly for GCA

Discussion: Small Dose Prednisone Therapy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 18, 2024

@marilynredder2367, and all...Thank you for sharing. I've been on various levels of Prednisone since I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1004397/

quickly and help with the PMR and GCA

Discussion: Temporal Arteritis, PMR, RA

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jan 26, 2024

I had a mild headache, with pressure behind my eyes, from the time my (extraordinarily severe)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/971319/

I was told there were no signs of GCA

Discussion: GCA conserns

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 27, 2023

"One approach that has worked for me is to ask why the doctor has eliminated something...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1155930/

of having been diagnosed with PMR/GCA

Discussion: PMR Diagnosis - Doctor not listening?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 12, 2024

@pargeo47 One more thing. I went back and checked and they have not tested his magnesium...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088196/

#39;ve given him since he developed GCA

Discussion: Holistic medicine approach to PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 16, 2024

My PMR/GCA symptoms became apparent on January 14, 2023 and I was diagnosed with PMR on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873781/

My PMR/GCA symptoms became apparent

Discussion: What steroid dosage did you start on? Did you find the right dosage?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

I understand how you feel. I was lucky that the right rheumatologist found me! The possibility...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156266/

reasonably sure there was no evidence of GCA ... to treat me "as if" I had GCA

Discussion: Can anyone recommend a Rheumatologist at UCSF in San Francisco?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

It might be an adrenal problem rather than a problem with Actemra. I successfully tapered off...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099798/

The problem wasn't PMR or GCA but ... past 3 years with no symptoms of PMR/GCA

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 5, 2024

@pargeo47 Thanks for your response. How great that your doctor is on top of this and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088190/

me when I told her I thought he had GCA

Discussion: Holistic medicine approach to PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 16, 2024

Hi, So sorry to hear about your early onset of these autoimmune diseases. I know, life...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/925274/

PMR and just went yesterday for my GCA

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 6, 2023

You didn't mention your age. PMR is primarily a disease of older people, over 50 at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1217669/

I have PMR and a related problem GCA

Discussion: Figuring out autoimmune disease where to start?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jan 20 5:27pm

I'm glad you didn't lose your vision to GCA. I had a similar threat of vision...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1248071/

you didn't lose your vision to GCA

Discussion: Are specialists necessary?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 1 12:19pm

Unfortunately you can't simply stop taking prednisone. Methotrexate might help you get off Prednisone sooner if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131927/

people are allowed to get Actemra for GCA ... from biologics to treat both PMR and GCA

Discussion: methotrexate or kevzara

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

I was first diagnosed with PMR in August, 2023, and I was also worried that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113040/

8 symptoms and still did not have GCA

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 28, 2024

I have some knowledge on PMR as sufferer myself and my wife has cancer and is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1083881/

Provided you dont have GCA and something

Discussion: Aching chest/rib cage and exhaustion

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 9, 2024