Posted 5/4/2010 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well.
It's finals week for me, which means this horrid semester is finally almost over!!!
So I'm visiting my family doctor (the one that initially thought I might have lupus) once finals are over and I move back home for the summer. I've been keeping a log of symptoms and thought that I might get some of your input before presenting some of them to my doctor.
I woke up a couple saturdays ago with skin that is red and was hot to the touch, slightly swollen, and ITCHY. It slowly went down throughout the day and I haven't had it happen since....but, the next day my joints were really stiff. I woke up, showered, and was just so exhausted and in so much pain that I took some anti-inflammatory meds and went back to sleep.
That day, after waking up for the second time, my hands were cold and achy. Could that possibly be that Raynaud's Phenomenon my mother keeps harping on about to me?
And finally, later that night/ early the next day, I had a .. rash? Pretty much all over my arms and legs.
Those couple of days I was just so tired, and it felt like as soon as one weird thing would go away another would pop up. For all I know, they could all be unrelated.
I was just wondering what all you lovely people thought?
Thanks and Take Care!