Welcome, New Member Kelli Hansen/Case History [Registered Nurse with EN]

[Guest guest]

Dear Kelli,

On behalf of all our members, welcome to our Erythema Nodosum Group!

Thanks for sending in your Questionnaire. I have added the information

to our " Member Medical History " Files on the Group site and posted it

below.

You now have Full EN Group privileges.

You are receiving EN Group emails, and you can also go to the EN Group

site whenever you like:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erythema_nodosum_Group/

and logging on with your Yahoo ID and secret password.

You do not have to have the group emails delivered to be a member here.

Since you are an RN and have first hand experience with EN, I hope you

will volunteer to join me and other members on our very first public

service broadcast: An EN Interview/chat on Huntingtons Radio which is

broadcast from Scotland all over the world. We are just now putting

this together, and I don't have details yet. It will be great to get

the word out. maybe your doctor would like to participate too.

I'm impressed that you were hospitalized. Many of us are not even

correctly diagnosed, and rarely are we hospitalized in the USA. It

took me 5 yrs to find out what I had wrong.

I imagine you have had a chest x-ray to look for sarcoidosis. Oddly

enough nurses are at higher than usual risk for sarcoidosis and it

often presents with EN. Also you should be checked for Alpha-1 a

genetic condition that can affect breathing and can cause EN. And you

probably know that the meds you were taking for bronchitis could have

been responsible for the EN as well.

The naproxin will not make the lumps resolve, but a trial of potassium

iodide might. Until then please get rest, and bedrest if possible.

Forcing yourself to be on your feet may make the EN last longer.

It's wonderful to have a nurse join us. We would love to have others

in the medical profession join us too. I'm not in the medical

profession but I've had chronic EN for 37 years. Welcome to the Group!

Love,

*****

Kelli Hansen's Case History

12/6/05

1. Your name and age: Kelli 31

2. Your location: Nebraska

3. Your email address:

smilnrn@...

4. Your Yahoo ID: smilnrn

5. Describe your erythema nodosum/PG symptoms or, if you do not have

EN or PG, please explain why you wish to join this group. : I have

severe joint stiffness and pain with decreased range of motion, tender

spots all over my legs, ankle and leg swelling, difficulty getting

dressed, walking, climbing stairs, standing for any length of time.

My joint stiffness is in the ankles, toes, knees, wrists, fingers,

neck. And yet, somehow I still continue to try and work with all of

this pain.

6. List any other health conditions. I recently had a long bout of

Bronchitis prior to this E. N. , was on multiple antibiotic treatment

which at the end of my last dose, 24 hours later, the symptoms of E.N.

appeared on my right knee with tender, red, hot spots that were

painful. Within 10 hours, my entire lower body, both legs were

covered with these painful spots. I was hospitalized for 2 days.

7. State what medications or treatments you take for EN, and their

effectiveness: Right now, the doctor has me on Naproxen 250mg twice a

day, it's not helping, so tonight he increased it to 500mg twice a day

and if that doesn't work, I have to call the MD back again tomorrow

8. When did you first get erythema nodosum or PG? I was diagnosed with

EN on Nov. 27th 2005

9. How long have you had erythema nodosum or PG? since Nov. 27th

10. Do you agree to treat all EN members with respect? YES of course,

I am also a Registered Nurse

11.Do you agree to post NO advertisements for any products or

services? YES

12. How did you find this Group? (Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves Search,

referral from another group or person etc.) Yahoo search on erythema

nodosum

Thank you, Kelli