Re: Re: An Autoimmune Package - my new identity

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Once you start wanting to know what’s really going on with your body and understanding it, tests become fun. You know that you can beat a lot of the health issues you have, maybe all of them. When you understand what is going on, you can begin your fight to reclaim your health! Humor definitely helps keep us healthy.

Kenda

You are absolutely right about the mindset. I KNOW that viewing things as a positive and

not negative is the key, and it is something I can consciously change. Then I start feeling

like a wimpy Pollyanna and miss my cynicsm. Okay, I am half teasing. Humor is also my

defense when I am anxious. ;-)

> Hi Molly,

>

> She sounds absolutely charming with a wonderful bedside manner! :0 At

> least she believes silicone implants can cause autoimmune disease, that’s a

> great start! I used to hate tests too but learned that they are the key to

> me getting well. Now I love tests!! Maybe you can change your mindset?

> Best of luck!!

>

> Kenda

>

>

> > Well I saw the new rheumatologist. She asked if I was in litigation and I

> > said no. I did say I

> > was considering the settlement. She then promptly told me she does not like

> > lawyers

> > because they 'ruined' her profession. She asked me what I and my husband did.

> > Um.

> > Maybe I should have taken the 5th. We don't much like doctors either, so

> > we're even.

> > Harumph. I said I used to be an engineer, & was that any better? She said

> > she didn't like

> > them either. Charming doctor.

> >

> > After we got off on that great start, she told me that she does believe that

> > silicone

> > implants can cause autoimmune illnesses. That was a little better. Then she

> > tsked and

> > tsked and told me I had all these rashes that I never even noticed. She

> > thinks I have

> > 'overlap' collagen vascular disease, lupus and polymyositis (whatever that

> > is...I am

> > googling it). She poked and prodded, and concluded that I do have

> > fibromyalgia, as well.

> >

> > She said I am just an autoimmune package.

> > I guess that is better than a lawyer.

> >

> > So she has me set up to take 13 different tests, and lung xrays. I will stay

> > on plaquenil,

> > and meds I am taking now. SHe loaded me up with booklets on lupus and

> > fibromyalgia.

> > And insisted that she weigh me. That was enough to make me hate her forever.

> >

> > I don't want to take more tests. I am sick of tests. Of all shape size and

> > form.

> >

> > Other than that, she is fine, and I agreed to an appointment in 3 weeks.

> >

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> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed

> > health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care

> > professional before commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

> > Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a

> > happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time

> > Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

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