RE: 24 Years Of Reiter's (ReA) Symptoms

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Harv in Michigan,

I had a bone scan when I was 13, and they said my bones glowed. Which my

sister thought was hysterically funny.

Also, when I was 13 my orthopedists presented my case as a mystery case at

an orthopedists convention and a whole convention of orthopedists scratched

their heads and said they didn't know what I had. Which my orthopedists

felt justified their being flummoxed. Which is why I think orthopedists are

stupid. They also insisted I didn't have arthritis. I'm sure at that

convention the doctors said, " Well, she's a 13 yr. old girl, so it couldn't

be Reiter's. Only men get Reiter's. " How much do you want to bet?

Also, in 2000 I had a hypopion uveitis with a fibrin ring (100% adhesion of

the entire iris to the lens), and my opthalmologist had photographs taken of

my eye to use in his teaching lectures. Which is when I knew it must be

really serious. When doctors want to take pictures of you, you know you're

really in bad shape.

Regards,

Janet in SF

ReA since 1973; diagnosed 1997; HLA-B27+