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Your attitude is fantastic. I wanted to share about a friend of mine with GCA....she rode...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/863367/

share about a friend of mine with GCA ... like all of us, with either PMR or GCA

Discussion: i have come off steroids after 11 years, am finding it very difficult

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 20, 2023

Frenchfrank51 Several months after my pmr diagnosis, my CRP and ESR suddenly elevated. Haemoglobin plummeted, despite...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1255919/

however showed diffuse large vessel GCA ... be throughly checked for possible GCA

Discussion: Low iron levels and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 11 10:46pm

I understand what you're saying about that group, but I've learned a lot there and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1280177/

pushing my own limits even though I have GCA ... sick with and receiving treatment for GCA

Discussion: Exercise is so important

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 12 1:01pm

For Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), steroid-sparing medications are used to reduce the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1292844/

Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 29 2:22pm

I have been receiving Actemra infusions for the past 2 months for GCA. Medicare pays 20%,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1292724/

infusions for the past 2 months for GCA

Discussion: Insurance coverage for Actemra infusion with straight Medicare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 29 12:04pm

I was diagnosed with GCA in March 2025 and started 60 mg prednisone for one month...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318157/

I was diagnosed with GCA in March 2025 ... As far as your question, my GCA headaches

Discussion: Actemra Infusions

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1 7:33pm

My biopsy is scheduled for this coming Thursday, Aug 11. The surgeon suggested that my problem...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/734524/

suggested that my problem might not be GCA

Discussion: Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 5, 2022

@mariannj Welcome. May I ask how long you have had GCA and what treatment you’ve received?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88775/

May I ask how long you have had GCA

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 15, 2021

@loribmt Hi Lori. I'm thinkin' by now we're in the wrong discussion group, no longer looking...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/637826/

was hospitalized immediately once GCA ... weekly injection made specifically for GCA ... For me, it stopped the GCA blindness

Discussion: What's outside of your picture window today?

Support Group: Just Want to Talk

Posted: Sep 22, 2021

It seemed to me like it happens often, but I assume that's because the only people...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1042360/

through PMR without ever developing GCA

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 29, 2024

Hi @hunib33, PMR and GCA are considered "self-limiting" diseases that eventually burn themselves out. Let's hope!...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873854/

Hi @hunib33, PMR and GCA are considered

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

Dr. Gupta in Great Britain (a PMR expert) is now leaving patients on 2-3 mgs. prednisone....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/647559/

large, well-informed group with PMR/GCA

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 23, 2021

The cause of PMR is not really known, although persons of Northern European ancestry develop it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092726/

For GCA, there is a test, a biopsy of

Discussion: Sedimentación Rate elevated, Proteína C Reactive elevated for 3 years

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

I have been receiving treatment for GCA and PMR for 11 months. I started at 60...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1310195/

have been receiving treatment for GCA ... #39;t had any pain from the PMR or GCA

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with a mild case!

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 22 9:43am

When I was diagnosed with GCA in 2020 I was put on 80 mg of Prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/803581/

When I was diagnosed with GCA in 2020

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 30, 2023

No. My doctor is pretty well up to date. My mothet had pmr as well so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196479/

GCA (giant cell arteritis) is present

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rhuematica

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Apr 16, 2018

When I developed GCA and my pred dose was increased to 60mg I was a nut...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/897779/

When I developed GCA and my pred dose

Discussion: Does or has anyone suffered depression while on Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 18, 2023

I have had no trouble with Methotrexate. I have taken it for both GCA and PMR....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/831430/

I have taken it for both GCA and PMR

Discussion: Anyone in Methotrexate for GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 24, 2023

I was fortunate @artist01 in that the loss of vision was short and only happened twice....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/692601/

When GCA was suspected, were you prescribed

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 24, 2022

I was officially diagnosed with temporal arthertis last week but started having issues and been on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1245003/

I printed out info on GCA so my family

Discussion: How does your family handle your autoimmune diseases & illness?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 25 4:35am