After a medrol dose pack, I went back to the eye doctor. My vision has returned. Light sensitivity is gone. He said that steroids would cause my vision to return to normal each time if I had this...
Hey guys. I went to the eye doc for the second time in 3 weeks with eye pain. 1st trip i had 20/20 vision, but pain in my right eye with movement, color blindness in the right eye, and some loss of...
Yes, I have lupus. I was hoping someone would tell me they have these problems too, I guess. I am also a celiac, and sometimes a flare of one triggers the other. It's hard to tell sometimes which one...
I have been really drained for the past week, but we have been moving, so I thought it was just that. Even with everything going on I feel I've had adequate rest and plenty of help. I just finished...
Hello fellow Lupies. I have a few questions I can't seem to find the answer to. My PCP "diagnosed" me with lupus some time before Christmas, however there is no formal diagnosis on paper. Only...
U gotta try this stuff! I was really suffering with my joints. I started this stuff and is amazing! The only thing is I had to stop taking it because of my celiac :'( but that doesn't mean you can't...
I consider myself to still be young (32), and once upon a time very active. After losing a total of 70 lbs from celiac (which was no fun), I am now on the low normal side of weight to height....
Just need to talk to my husband and let him know how I feel. And my mother in law is very easy to talk to. I just hate being the stick in the mud all the time!...
My in-laws, who are wonderful by the way, have decided to get a cabin in the smokeys for Christmas and want us to go too. Sounds great, right? Well, I'm scared to death! First of all, with my celiac...
Joy, I had to say something about the "feeling of missing something". You are so right! Never thought about it before! Lol of course with me, the something missing ends up being about 5 extra hours...
There are other treatment options for HPV besides hysterectomy. The best of which is a LEEP, but since u have the strand that causes warts on the cervix, they will keep coming back. There are meds u...
Ok. HPV does not go away. It will remain in your body. However, without the "equipment" most of the symptoms should be gone. U will still be able to transmit it to others. Talk with ur doctor. Do not...
I'm learning too, but I'm pretty sure that prednisone is prescribed long term for a year or so when u are first diagnosed...I'm sure someone else who knows more will reply. I'm taking 10 mg daily for...
My mothers hair and mine falls out in clumps. She's taking a supplement from Walmart. I think its by spring valley. It's called hair skin and nails. She swears by it. Her hair is falling out less and...
When I first started getting sick my rash would last about 2 days and seemed to attack my cheeks and nose only when I was sick with a virus or cold and would present itself toward the end of the...
Did it take a while to work? Does it need to accumulate to be effective? I'm willing to keep taking it to see if the gi symptoms subside......
I have had these episodes for years. Saw a neurologist who, despite negative tests, decided to treat me for a seizure disorder. He put me on depakoate. I didn't have any episodes while on it....
I had every intention of picking one store, but after all the cooking, eating, and family, I just fizzled out. I'm in the middle of a flare too, so my joints were begging me not to do it lol! Well,...
Doc just put me on 7.5? Daily. He said it was a safer nsaid as far as tummy side effects. However, I started taking it yesterday, and I'm crampy and gas-y. The condition of my gi tract really...
After 10 years of playing the is it lupus game, I finally got the dx today. I already found out earlier this year that I have celiac disease (lucky me, racking up the autoimmune disorders-sheesh) I...
Been posting on this forum on and off for 2 years. Been playing the diagnosis game. Had some symptoms for 10 years, but couldn't get a doc to connect them. Finally, after I lost 50 lbs in 6 months...
Ok so I'm not starving, but I am Southern. Raised in South Mississippi mostly and a few years here and there in Arkansas and Louisiana. I'm not typical Southern as far as my diet goes. I don't fry...
Have had a history over the past 6 months of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain, seizures, and 40 lb weight loss, etc. Had an EGD and a colonoscopy 10 days ago. Doc took many...
Does the doc mean it when he says I can't drive? Is that like saying take an aspirin and call me in the morning or will I go to jail or something? He said at least 3 months. What? I have kids! My...
Saw neuro today and he said that he thinks I have a form of epilepsy. EEG was mostly normal with some unusual responses??? MRI normal. He says he's almost certain it's what I have. Put me on...
I've had a wide variety of symptoms for years that have been progressively getting worse. I have lost 30 lbs in the last 3 months. Persistent headaches. Nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, aching...
My doctor diagnosed me with hypopituitarism after she drew a bunch of hormone levels. Then she gave me the stim test and told me I didn't have Addison's, and that I probably didn't have hypopit...
Ok so in May, I was told I did not have lupus or any type of autoimmune disorder by a rheumy. Recently I was diagnosed with a pituitary disorder, only to have my doctor a few days later second guess...
Ditto, JoAnn! You have been through a lot too! Thank you!...
Most of these are symptoms I had included in a post on this site. I added more recent ones. During childbirth, my BP bottomed out and O2 sats dropped to the 70s. Baby was fine. (9 years ago) One...
Hello again, everyone! As it turns out I do not have anything that is included on healingwell. I have panhypopituitarism. Essentially my pituitary is not functioning/barely functioning. That is why I...
Hello, everyone. I was just diagnosed with panhypopituitarism. My pituitary is not functioning properly which has made me hypothyroid. It has also made me hypoadrenal. I was wondering if any of you...
Hello again, everyone! As it turns out I do not have Lupus or anything that is included on healingwell. I have panhypopituitarism. Essentially my pituitary is not functioning/barely functioning. That...
Thank you so much for your reply. I do have migraines occasionally, but I do have an aura for them. My left eye kind of gets blurry and my forehead above the same eye feels numb. I'm going to see a...
Hello everyone. I have posted on the lupus forum in the past and a few others while trying to get a diagnosis. It turns out a lot of my s/s were due to a severe kidney infection that I had for a long...
[tr ][td class=msgThread2 height="100%" vAlign=top]So the IDSA is not responsible for this Lyme disease mental illness thing, but isn't that pretty much their opinion anyway? Check out their...
Thanks everyone. It's obvious that everything isn't "normal". I came home yesterday and slept from 7 pm to noon today. I'm dragging right now but I'm busy doing last minute stuff for the weekend....
Yeah, I'm not giving up. Just don't know what to do next (or which forum to post to-lol). Going camping with my family this weekend. Gonna relax and take my mind off things (and wear lots of...
All of my tests were normal. He suggested I try to get my reg doctor to run IGeneX so I wouldn't have to drive 4 and 1/2 hours again to get the results. Shouldn't some of the tests have shown...
All normal. Now what?...
Well, tomorrow is the day I go back to the rheumy to rule out Lupus. He did a LOT of tests for SLE, Liver stuff, thyroid stuff, and a bunch of other "stuff"lol. I have to drive 4 and 1/2 hours to get...
Thank you, Okie! That website is really helpful. Bookmarked that one! So far it seems like he knows what to do (at least as far as diagnosis goes). Are you feeling better? I've been having pain just...
Chem 14= CMP. The other 2 still not sure about??...
That's wonderful news! I'm so happy for you!!!!...
Hi guys! I go back to the rheumy tomorrow for all the test results. I'm nervous. I wanted to see if you guys could give me some input on what some of the tests are and if this rheumy seems like he...
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Good morning everyone! Several of you have mentioned getting the IgeneX test yourself and having the doctor sign for it? How do I do that? Do I talk to the doc first or what? I looked at the IgeneX...
Ok, you guys probably won't believe me, but I'm gonna post it anyway;) When I was a teenager I got a wart on the side of my big toe. I, being a teenager, was mortified. My grandmother was at the...
This is why no one can get http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/508667 ...