I went to the DR Wednesday and did the blood work and expect to hear about
it tomorrow. But these are my symptoms, I know some are similar to Lupus like:
flares for 6-8 years of:
joint pain
muscle pain
fatigue
tmj jaw pain
I also have ulcerative colitis, familial tremors, and heart palpitations that were diagnosed during this time.
I always thought my flares of joint pain was the uc or too much caffeine or too much diet soda, or just unhealthy lifestyle, but I have quit all the unhealthy habits and my uc is under control.
Unusual symptoms(includes):
inflammed, red gums
facial pain like trigemanal nueralgia (but not excrutiating, just painful)
the joint and muscle pain is so weird it just moves from place to place like a Simon game. (toe, shoulder, finger, hip, knees, excruciating and all in the matter of 3-5 minutes)
my feet feel like they are filled with with dough, spongy on the bottom. But not really visibly swollen.
I have always as an adult had bad skin, adult acne, issues with hives, I may have had the butterfly rash at one time, my skin is really jacked up...i honestly would not remember with all the issues I have had.
I exercised all of January despite feeling bad, but by last week I was winding down and now the past five days I am basically just home bound.....ALMOST nothing works for the pain. Vicodin and 4 ibuprofen begin to touch it, but obviously I cannot function like this. My biggest fear is this is all in my head! But it really hurts. :(
Thanks for any advice you have.