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Sorry to hear it. What type of chemo are you on, and when did you start...
During your treatment, most centers ... start the chemo drugs; for the next treatment ... With my post-Whipple treatment (GCA) ... also found after pre-Whipple chemo treatment ... headaches, but a simple Zyrtec before treatment
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: May 15, 2023
I had been told by one oncologist that "GCA" (Gem+Cis+Abrax) was a particularly nasty combo, but...
been told by one oncologist that "GCA ... (Note: It was not a mid-treatment switch ... " so far (7 treatments). ... anti-nausea pre-meds I get with the GCA ... The big downside of GCA for me (hair
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: May 3, 2023
@evinann, GCA is nothing to mess around with. I would seek help from a rheumatologist as...
@evinann, GCA is nothing to mess around ... diseases-conditions/giant-cell-arteritis/diagnosis-treatment
Posted: Mar 23, 2023
Hi @abbeyc The biologic I'm currently on is called Actemra (tocilizumab). It has been FDA approved...
It has been FDA approved for the treatment ... of GCA but not for PMR. ... think it is a game changer for the treatment ... of GCA.
Hello @lynd, Welcome to Connect. Headaches can be a symptom of prednisone withdrawal but I'm not...
temple areas due to the concern of GCA ... think blood tests alone can diagnose GCA ... information on the topic: "How is GCA ... Giant cell arteritis - Diagnosis and treatment ... diseases-conditions/giant-cell-arteritis/diagnosis-treatment
Posted: Jan 21, 2023
I have tried Actemra via injection the results were impressive for pain reduction however I previously...
become infected with COVID during treatment ... happy with me as i have refused this treatment ... This is my 4th year with PMR and GCA
Hi @lmdohrman, I was not diagnosed for a year. I think I had the pain of...
My mother-in-law had GCA in the mid ... emergency room as that needs immediate treatment ... I think of GCA as a thief in the night
Posted: Jun 16, 2022
I’ve been taking Actemra injections for 1 1/2 yrs. Feeling good and markers are normal but...
advised that I should continue this treatment ... Has anyone discontinued Actemra as a treatment ... for GCA and been in remission?
Posted: Jun 12, 2022
Welcome @ripley, It must be really hard not knowing what's causing the left sided headaches and...
-- Temporal biopsies to diagnose GCA ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gca-biopsies ... Fever." --- Temporal Arteritis: Treatment
Posted: Jan 31, 2022
Hi @tinman2020 and @karinaph I sometimes wonder how bad my PMR and GCA would have been...
sometimes wonder how bad my PMR and GCA ... Textbook of Medicine Chapter on PMR and GCA ... corticosteroids." Imagine there was no treatment ... people just languished and died, from GCA
@artist01 Laurie, I think we should probably be having this conversation in the PMR group. You...
aortic aneurysm down the road with GCA ... . 30% of those with PMR develop GCA ... practice and experience preceding our treatments
Posted: Oct 25, 2021
Hi @artist01, I am so sorry about your eyesight and your strokes. Were you suffering a...
Although my mother-in-law had GCA, and ... that more people post about PMR than GCA ... I was wondering when PMR and GCA were ... discovered and if there was any treatment
Posted: Oct 19, 2021
Hi @maryft, Here's some information on how GCA is diagnosed. From what I remember my rheumatologist...
Here's some information on how GCA ... higher dose of prednisone if you have GCA ... Giant cell arteritis - Diagnosis and treatment ... as the diagnostic gold standard for GCA ... local ..." --- The Diagnosis and Treatment
Discussion: PMR and vision
Posted: Aug 14, 2021