Index
Intro
Chapter 1 : Introducing the Disease
Chapter 2 : Introducing Pearl
Chapter 3 : Pearl’s Symptoms
Chapter 4 : A Medical Emergency
Chapter 5 : Treatment
Chapter 6 : Disease Flares
Chapter 7: Expanding Management Tools
Chapter 8 : Diagnostic Tests
Chapter 9 : Secondary Effects
Chapter 10 : Smoldering Inflammation
Chapter 11 : Speculation about causes of GCA
Chapter 12 : Medications and Options
Chapter 13 : Unanticipated Death
Chapter 14 :Caregiver’s Introspection and Quality of Life
Chapter 15 :Concluding Thoughts
Appendix 1- Ref. Chapter 5 - Treatment:
Events and Drs’ visits from 12/15/98 thru 3/8/99, 10/2 & 3 of 2000, 10/11/01 thru 11/5/01, 10/31/04 thru 11/17/04, 2/22/05 thru 4/13/05 and 8/7/07 thru 8/17/07
Appendix 2 – Ref. Chapter 6 - Legs claudication:
Events and Drs’ visits from 3/24/99 thru 7/22/99
Appendix 3 – Ref. Chapter 6 - Right heel ulcer:
Events and Drs’ visits from 8/11/99 thru 10/20/99
Appendix 4 – Ref. Chapter 6 - Left arm claudication
Events and Drs’ visits from 10/20/99 thru 1/24/00
Appendix 5 - Ref. Chapter 6 - Left heel ulcer
Details of events and Drs’ visits from 2/1/00 thru 3/28/00
Appendix 6 - Ref. Chapter 6 - Right rotator cuffs tendonitis and bursitis; momentary loss of vision
Events and Drs’ visits from 5/1/03 thru 4/27/04
Appendix 7 – Ref. Chapter 7 - Expanding Management Tools
Events and Drs’ visits from 3/30/00 - 6/7/00, 9/8/00 - 1/27/01, and 7/21/04 - 8/11/04
Appendix 8 – History of Tests and Surgical Procedures
Appendix 9 – Bibliography of medical journal articles posing theories for cause of GCA
Appendix 10 – Bibliography of medical journal articles of steroid-sparing medications for GCA
Appendix 11 – Drug interactions, and information about methotrexate, pancreatitis, lipase, amylase and Versed
