Saw the Rheumo today and.......

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After a very thorough evaluation and saying "You're an interesting case" at least 3 times, he is quite sure I have Rheumatic Fever. He is pretty positive that my antibody test will come back positive. He said it is very rare for adults to get Rheumatic Fever and then started talking about valve damage. I was shocked because I didn't know much about RF. How come my family seems to go into doctors for some odd reason and we come out with possible heart damage....it's crazy.

I came home and read some medical books I have, but they only explained 1970 medical data and I knew there had to be more. My internet was down, so I had to wait until just now to read some links. I sent an email from my dh's phone because I wanted her to know...I couldn't wait any longer.

I have to take my temperature for the next few days and then call the office on Monday to get my lab results as well as give him my temp results. I'm not sure why he wants me to take it in the morning and around 3 pm, but okay.

My rash is fading and so I'm very glad I got into see him today. I took my pictures of how this rash has progressed, which helped him I'm sure.

What I read online about RF just fits my situation. It's so wierd. I never even looked up things about Strep because my culture came back negative. I was confident I didn't have that. I thought all strep caused very sore throats and now I read it's not necessarily so. I also read that the orig. Strep infection may not have had ANY symptoms.

Now, if I do have RF, I wonder what my prognosis is with untreated RF. It sounds very scary to me.....all this stuff about heart damage...EEK!

I guess it's really time for me to give this all to God.....and trust that my favorite verse holds true for me, too. 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord. Thoughts of Good and not of Evil. To give you a future and a hope.

God Bless,

Lorri