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Podcast: It Happened To Me: A Rare Disease and Medical Challenges Podcast
Episode: #78 Sudden Vision Loss and Giant Cell Arteritis: When “Healthy” Changes Overnight
Description: In this episode of It Happened To Me, we share a story that underscores how quickly life can change, even when everything seems perfectly healthy.
Our guest, Kathi Lopez, was a retired business owner who felt active, well, and thriving when she suddenly lost vision in one eye. What began as a frightening visual disturbance quickly escalated into a medical emergency and led to a diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), a serious inflammatory condition that can cause permanent vision loss if not treated immediately. Kathi was also diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), a related a...