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Hi @deniseinca, the head and jaw pains could be symptoms of Giant Cell Arteritis, a companion...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/724913/

GCA is treated with a higher dosage

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 8, 2022

Hi @wv54, PMR and GCA made me do less, rest when I don't feel good, break...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/702582/

Hi @wv54, PMR and GCA made me do less

Discussion: Feeling tired! Do others with PMR feel significantly more tired?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 25, 2022

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1220245/

ESR was 54 when I was diagnosed with GCA

Discussion: what does the community consider a normal SED rate for GCA/PMR?

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Posted: Jan 24 7:03am

You are not alone elderdiana I too have GCA, was confirmed early on in my PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211412/

are not alone elderdiana I too have GCA

Discussion: New Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (Husband)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 25, 2018

Welcome @ripley, It must be really hard not knowing what's causing the left sided headaches and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/676481/

-- Temporal biopsies to diagnose GCA ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gca-biopsies

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

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Posted: Jan 31, 2022

@carol75 . Hello Carol. You and your doctor are correct. Sometimes a patient might have negative...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/654361/

still be correctly diagnosed with GCA ... told me afterward that he knew I had GCA

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

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Posted: Nov 15, 2021

I don't know what group Cami16 is referring to, but I joined a Facebook group called...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1040412/

joined a Facebook group called PMR and GCA

Discussion: PMR and exercise: What helps you?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 26, 2024

I asked also and my doctor said the same thing about calcium. So we are making...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029337/

regarding my husband’s future treatment of GCA

Discussion: Can you split Prednisone dose for GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 7, 2024

Your experience gives me hope that my adrenals might someday also awaken. If not I will...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858419/

in our long journey through PMR and GCA

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 11, 2023

Hi @brunswickv8, I was fortunate to have a good rheumatologist and am happy to report that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783757/

but nothing that compares to PMR and GCA

Discussion: Do I really have PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 11, 2022

Thanks to everyone who commented and voiced concern. I saw the ophthalmologist today and she said...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755320/

nothing to be concerned about, that GCA

Discussion: PMR progressing to GCA? Broken vessels in eye

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

Thank you Laurie, yes I meant GCA and your response has helped a great deal. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/660619/

Thank you Laurie, yes I meant GCA and

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

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Posted: Dec 8, 2021

Were you having any of the classic symptoms of GCA like headache, jaw pain, top of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/652645/

having any of the classic symptoms of GCA

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

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Posted: Nov 9, 2021

As I mentioned. I have been on it for 10 years and credit it for giving...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1236825/

and not getting blind because of the GCA

Discussion: Is This a Safe Taper as Prescribed by my doctor?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 14 12:15pm

@joycj You and I are in the similar situation. I'm here for my husband who developed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067355/

ended up with giant cell arteritis (GCA ... is so much worse after developing GCA ... we first thought he was developing GCA

Discussion: Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)

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Posted: May 13, 2024

@richardab Can you remind of us of your time course ? Origianlly ,i assume, you had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877413/

PRINCIPLES section : Management of GCA ... The vast majority of patients with GCA ... Fatigue can be either a symptom of GCA

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

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Posted: Jun 12, 2023

@csm70 My husband developed PMR in May 2023 and GCA in February 2024. Since developing GCA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1061360/

husband developed PMR in May 2023 and GCA ... Since developing GCA he has been put ... PMR but I would think could apply to GCA

Discussion: Actemra & Methotrexate for GCA treatment

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Posted: May 3, 2024

GCA is for Giant Cell Arteritis. I would highly recommend seeing a rheumatologist for vision change...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1037186/

GCA is for Giant Cell Arteritis. ... husband had PMR and later developed GCA ... I hope you don’t have or get GCA.

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 20, 2024

After reading all of your posts, and so many others on this forum, I have started...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969153/

I have started to wonder if I had GCA ... no one made any mention of possible GCA ... posts by other forum members that GCA

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

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Posted: Nov 22, 2023

Hi @rolandhp, From Cecil and Goldman's Textbook of Medicine, "These disorders (PMR + GCA) are propagated...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/636440/

Medicine, "These disorders (PMR + GCA ... European, and my maternal aunt had PMR + GCA ... I think of PMR +GCA as the beasts, lurking

Discussion: PMR Anyone?

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Posted: Sep 17, 2021