Hi!! It's Nicole. It's been awhile since I have written. I have been overwhelmed with school and work. I last wrote after my last PCP visit in January. Well...I had my f/u rheum appt today and he...
Happy New Year Everyone!!! I have started the New Year quite well. I got spend time with friends, talk to family, eat and best of all sleep...a lot. I was a little achy here and there but for the...
Happy Holidays All!! Thank you for all of the hope and support you provide. I truly appreciate it. I hope that everyone is able to relax and enjoy the holiday. Nicole...
Thanks ladies! I appreciate your feedback and support. I am going to have to hang in there until February. Thank you for helping me to go in the office prepared with the things to assist the doctor...
So, I have been anxiously awaiting my rheum visit. It came today. The conclusion...."I don't know." I did make a list of my medical history and my family's medical history. The doctor went over all...
Hi Amber, I am relatively new to this forum too. I am 32 years old, am in diagnosis limbo and have been for the last five years. I have to say that being a part of this forum has been crucial to my...
Wow sjkly, I had to look that up. I have never heard of Stills Disease until you. I am quickly learning that the autoimmune family of diseases are some of the most under-researched ever. It's...
Thanks Melissa. To see what you've accomplished through this is encouraging. I am about 6 months to finish my degree...one foot in front of the other...I will remember that:) Nicole...
Thanks Lynwood, Melissa and Ginny! Ginny...I slept fairly well. I am a graduate student and had my last final of the semester today. I set my alarm super early and gave myself plenty of time to get...
Thanks Ginny and Lynwood!! That info helped. I have been asleep for most of the day post ER visit. I am still in pain but the motrin is helping to make it a bit more manageable. Emotionally I feel...
I woke up this morning in a tremendous amount of pain all over but my hands and my back were especially painful. Walking was close to impossible. I managed to get myself to the ER and it was actually...
Thanks Ginny. Yeah...actually...I am in the process of trying to get to the ER right now. I am having a lot of trouble walking this morning and I can't even support myself with my back right now. I...
Is anybody familiar with it? In prep for my rheumy appointment next Tuesday, I have been asking my family about the health history on both sides. I did find out that my cousin was diagnosed with...
Thanks Bill and Ginny, I am going to continue to try to get an early appointment but so far the 23rd stands firm. I hope that I don't have to become gravely ill for them to figure out what's going on...
Thanks Ginny, I am with Kaiser so all of my labs are available to the doctor online...even the ones that I can't see. I can see basic CBC, cholesterol, iron...etc but I can't see the more serious...
Thank you Lynwood....
Ginny, Thank you for replying to me. I have not had a hospital stay but lately it's getting harder to get out of bed, it takes me about an hour to wake my body up and convince myself to move through...
Hello, It's been quite some time since I've been on this forum. I first joined in April of '07. Today I found what I had initially written randomly through a yahoo search. Maybe that was God's way of...
Thanks hippimom. I appreciate your wisdom and advice. Sarazakmom, I understand how you feel. It's a constant fight to keep up your energy level. Stay encouraged and keep everyone here posted. It's a...
This is SuperGirl. I just came home from the doctor. First of all, I have Kaiser and my primary care physician is no longer with Kaiser so it was a new doctor. I talked to her about the way I have...
Thank you for your reply and resources....
Hi. I am 31 years old I am concerned that I may have lupus. At the end of 2004, I was at work when my vision went blurry. I know that it happens when you start daydreaming but I couldn't get my focus...