Sorry you're having no success with your local doctors. Did you take the info on PMR/GCA with you to emerg.? If they ignored that you'd better go to Edmonton to emerg. Maybe your GP could call and give them some background info ahead of time.
You said they did a trial with prednisone a couple of months ago. What dose and what was the response? Did they wean you off at that time? If so why?
Have you had your Vit D checked. We need to watch that living above the 49th, especially with everyone wearing sunscreen these days.
15mg to 20mg are the typical starting doses for prednisone. Your response to that is usually a 70% improvement in symptoms within hours to a few days. Since you have only had a 40% improvement have they suggest any further testing?
What Eileen said about fighting pred is very true. Despite all it's side affects that do affect us so personally both physically and psychologically we need to be it's friend. At this point it is the only thing we have that gives us any quality of life. You will find that as you have more understanding of PMR and accept what you can and can't control you can focus on the enjoyable things you can still do.
I expect if we only breathed clean air, ate organic everything and didn't touch processed foods it might help but very few of us have that option or choose to do that for a variety of reasons.
I hope you get the care you need very soon. Taking your daughter is a great idea. Keep us posted on your progress.
Hugs,
diana🌸