Posted 2/26/2017 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
I am new to this site so here goes: In 1993 I was diagnosed with MS. I was only 20 years old at the time and decided against doctors advice to not go on any meds. I felt my symptoms were not bad enough at that time to subject myself to liver or kidney problems due to the meds. Over the last 20+years I learned to live with and deal with my MS. I was a very energetic(I had my days however, esp in the summer)hard working, self motivated person who just like to go,go,go and "raise the bar" at my job as high as I could. No one could believe someone with MS(mine very mild) could be that strong, have that much energy and work in such a fast past factory! That is until summer of 2013 when all that started to change. That summer I was hit with a huge amount of pressure and stress due to some life changes and almost worked myself to death! During that time I was getting new & different symptoms daily. I realized a lot of the symptoms were my MS but I also knew something else was wrong! A long story shortened, after weekly trips to different doctors because all they wanted to do was say it was my MS in Feb 2016 I tested as they told me "antibody" positive for Lupus!!!After that diagnosis and some new meds things for me continued to get worse. Currently, a shell of the person I once was, I had to take a medical leave from work, I can hardly get out of bed without tears from the aches and pains let alone go to work. On Feb 15th I was told my Lupus was quiet and that I have Fibromyalgia!! HELP, where do I go from here?? In May I will lose my job of over 15 years if I do not return to work!!