Re: Re: Finally a diagnosis? Crossing fingers...

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Hi there,

Lupus is a different disease than rheumatoid arthritis but similiar in

many many ways........

Corinne

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> Toni, lupus is a much different disease than rheumatoid arthritis.

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> Prednisone is utilized in many ways in the treatment of lupus; its use in

> lupus is not necessarily directly comparable to its use in rheumatoid

> arthritis. In lupus, high doses are sometimes needed to combat

> organ-threatening disease.

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> Not an MD

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> I'll tell you where to go!

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> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

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> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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> Finally a diagnosis? Crossing fingers...

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> > I went to UCLA today and saw a rheumatologist who I guess is

> > supposed to be one of the best. Anyone hear of Dr. Wallace?

> > ANYWAYS....I was there less than an hour...he took a brief history,

> > checked all my lab work, a short exam, and he is nearly 100% sure I

> > have sjogrens/lupus overlap. Or was it crossover. Shoot...my brain

> > has been fried since we went to the LA county fair on Saturday (I

> > don't do well in the sun ). In any case, he is sure that my

> > central nervous system is currently " under attack " , as he put it,

> > and I am now on 100mg of prednisone a day. Seems like a

> > lot...anyone else on that dosage? I will be put on an infusion of

> > other meds (wish I could remember which ones...not mxt...one starts

> > with a C?) if the labs come back positive. Please everyone keep

> > fingers, toes, eyes, ribs, or whatever you can (even chopsticks)

> > that they do. I don't want to start from the beginning again. And,

> > the sooner I get a dx, the sooner I can start treatment and wean off

> > the evil " P " .

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> > Hopefully I can now get this under some kind of control, and not

> > only start driving again, but go back to work. And, maybe most

> > important...I can enjoy my daughter for the first time since she was

> > born. I can't wait...

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