My workplace changed the light bulbs in our office a few days ago and I asked them to leave the lights directly above me, alone. Which they did. No bulbs above me. However the last couple days, by...
Good info! Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to try a few of these!...
What a funny response Couchtater. Yeah,,I have flaring allergies for sure! LOL! I called my doctor's office,,,waiting for a call back to see if I need to go in or not. It's supposed to be a really...
Wow..how interesting. My normal temp is also around 96.8 to 97.4 and I feel horrible when it's at 98.6 or so... I also thought I was buying defective therometers... I find this very enlightening....
All week I've been struggling with allergies. Stuffy nose, itchy ears. No fever. today I wake up with a sore throat and now have developed a dry cough and my chest feels like it's getting an...
My left knee looks swollen often. It's obvious when you compare to the right knee. I don't know if I would be able to tell if they were both swollen....unless I had skinny bird legs...which thanks to...
Yes!! You sure can :) Wouldn't that be awesome if we could share!!!! For anyone interested: The nurse from the my doctor's office got back with me and when your blood plate count is this high, you...
I occasionally get mouth sores too. It's been awhile. I will go a few weeks with none and then they'll pop up weekly for a couple weeks and then go away again....weird! Definately do the warm salt...
I get red on my cheeks and my chest and it feels like I'm on fire! This happens especially in the morning after drinking about a 1/2 cup of coffee - and my coffee is not that hot. I also get all...
No, my hand has never done this. Any response better than none? :)...
Normal range is 140-415. Mine came back at 517. What is your highest? Mine has never been this high and I'm just not sure what all this means. I have this question pending with my doctor, however I'm...
I need 10-12 hours as well!!! Before I found out I had Lupus, my husband would get aggrevated at me for wanting to go to bed so early. He didn't think anyone needed 10-12 hours of sleep. Now that we...
Why would my Rheumatologist tell me to take Melatonin to sleep and when I mentioned garlic causing flares, she told me I was wrong because it helps support the immune system! I'm just not sure about...
Thank you for the reply, Barbara. So...on and off for 3 years is much longer than 9 months. I'm not so worried now...I was beginning to think maybe I was getting lung cancer! I'm glad I found this...
Whew..Thank you for responding! I am seeing a rhuemotologist. She did have me on Steroids during the first round of Plaquenil and then weined me off both and started the imuran with an...
I hear ya..I was diagonosed with Lupus in March of this year and was on steroids for about 2 months...I was around 162 as well and last week weighed in at 196!! OMGosh..that 4 lbs under 200lbs!!!...
I found out I had Lupus in March of this year, after 3 rounds of antiobotics for pluersy and still wasn't getting better. I was on steroids for about 2 months and then taken off and given Plaquenil....