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@maryannhaller. By "GCS" do you mean GCA, Giant Cell Arteritis? Surely, with your symptoms, your rheumatologist...
By "GCS" do you mean GCA, Giant ... The "golden" test for GCA is ... 's the only sure diagnosis for GCA ... Prednisone injections because the GCA ... That saved the vision in my left eye
@carol75 . Hello Carol. You and your doctor are correct. Sometimes a patient might have negative...
still be correctly diagnosed with GCA ... biopsy, I had already lost most of the vision ... told me afterward that he knew I had GCA ... per day, in an effort to save the vision
Hello, @aspine if you were properly diagnosed with PMR and on the appropriate dosage of prednisone,...
thought I had Giant Cell Arteritis, GCA ... about 30% of people with PMR develop GCA ... Any problems with vision, tender scalp ... cough, loss of appetite, anemia can be GCA
@karinaph, I have been diagnosed with GCA since June, 1919. Because I had already lost my...
karinaph, I have been diagnosed with GCA ... Because I had already lost my vision ... Prednisone for 3 days, to preserve the vision ... taken off Actemra injections for my GCA ... a lot of pain, having stopped the GCA
Posted: Feb 23, 2021
I was diagnosed with PMR after the shingles shot. The fact that no one wants to...
Because the doctors says I didn’t have GCA ... ( even though my vision changed dramatically
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Oct 27, 2020
Hi @jojobarrk, I think it's good that you notified the doctor. I hope you get an...
I have GCA, and starting at 40 mg because ... ;t recall from my first episode of GCA ... Did your husband recover any of his vision ... the most devastating consequences of GCA
Posted: Sep 9, 2024
I can't understand why I wasn't ever diagnosed with GCA. I had all the sign and...
why I wasn't ever diagnosed with GCA ... I had all the sign and symptoms of GCA ... would also wake up in the morning with vision ... loss but my vision loss was never permanent ... My vision loss was caused by eye inflammation
I was first diagnosed with PMR in August, 2023, and I was also worried that I...
Unintended weight loss - Did not have Vision ... loss or double vision, particularly ... who also have jaw pain - Had double vision ... examination) Sudden, permanent loss of vision ... 8 symptoms and still did not have GCA
@lashley7 I understand you not wanting to live with the possible side effects of steroids. But...
GCA is an inflammation of the lining ... Vision loss or double vision, particularly ... Sudden, permanent loss of vision in ... her he was having a little blurry vision ... My husband could have lost his vision
My very first injection of Actemra was on January 1st, 2019. I thought it was appropriate...
was diagnosed with PMR only and not GCA ... I had some of the symptoms of GCA but ... I had plenty of facial pain and vision ... would be treated "as if I had GCA ... every 2 weeks for the treatment of GCA
My husband was diagnosed with PMR in May 2023 and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in February...
May 2023 and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... doctor said was the worse case of GCA ... could have cost him his life or his vision
@charlotte61 In this case knowledge is power. Knowing the symptoms to look out for is so...
had no idea when we started this PMR/GCA ... anyone with PMR who develops classic GCA ... it could have cost my husband his vision ... he's got a very severe case of GCA
Posted: Mar 20, 2024