Re: MEDICAL INFO FYI

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I have Sjogrens...I have the dry eyes & mouth (cotton mouth is what

I call it - LOL), but I don't have any of the other things you

mention. I know with mine, I get low grade fevers (for no apparant

reason) & my entire body is achy, which I've been told is also the

Sjogrens as opposed to the actual RA. Sjogrens is VERY common in RA

patients...my neurologist told me that! LOL!

Cami

>

> EVERYONE WHO HAS AND TYPE OF ARTHRITIS SHOUDL BE TESTED FOR

SJOGRENS-IT IS A

> BLOOD TEST AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO IT IF YOU DON'T ASK-THERE ARE

2 TYPES OF

> SJOGRENS ---ONE IS DRY EYES-DRY MOUTH--VAGINAL DRYNESS---THE MORE

EXTEME IS

> USUALLY IN PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH LUPUS IT IS CALLED 'THE MOISTURE

SEEKERS DISEASE' IT

> CAUSES CHANGE IN THE SKIN-LUNG/HEART/KIDNEY

PROBLEMS..........................................

> I TO THIS DAY DO NOT KNOW WHY EVERY DOC DOESNT CHECK THIS IN THEIR

> AUTOIMMUNE PATIENTS???? BUT THEN AGAIN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

THEY ARE

> THINKING HALF THE TIME ANYWAY--MAYBE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO

WITH THEIR

> MONEY??

> SO TO THE LADY WITH THE VAGINAL PAIN I WOULD DEFINATE;Y HAVE THIS

CHECKED.

>

> FUNNY I WAS SEXUALY ABUSED BY ASCHOOL TEACHER AT TEN YEARS OLD--I

HAVE BEEN

> ASKED BY MY DOC IF I EVER WAS ABUSED-I DIDN'T ELABORATE JUST SAID

YES.IF ANY

> DOCTOR EVER TOLD ME THATS WHY MY VAGINA HURT I DO NOT THINK I

WOULD GO TO

> HIM AGAIN.

>

> I REMEMBER IN MY 30S GOING TO THE ER WITH HORRIBLE ABDOMINAL PAIN-

IT WAS THE

> USUAL 6 HOUR WAIT-THEN THE DOC CAME IN AND GAVE ME AN INTERNAL

EXAM-WHY HE

> WAS DOING THIS HE WAS ASKING ME IF I HAD 'SAFE SEX' WHICH IS

OK.THEN HE AKED IF I

> HAD 'SEXUAL RELATIONS' IN THE PAST WEEK-NOPE I SAID---THEN HE

ASKED IF I HAD IT IN

> THE LAST MONTH--AGAIN I SAID NO--HE KEPT IT UP UNTIL I TOLD HIM--

'LOOK I AM

> SINGLE WORKING FULL TIME AND RAISING A CHILD-I HAVENT HAS SEX IN 6

MONTHS OK? "

> TO WHICH HE REPLIED 'WELL NOW WE KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH YOU " 'I

GOT UP GOT

> DRESSED AND REPORTED HIS ASS--HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS A NURSE--I WAS

SO

> HUMILIATED--TURNS OUT I DID HAVE SERIOUS TROUBLE AND ENDED UP

HAVING A

> COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY A FEW MONTHS LATER,

>

> THIS MEDICAL SYSTEM IS A MESS-IF THEY CANT CUT IT OUT THEY HAVEN'T

A CLUE.IT HAS

> TAKEN ME 4 YEARS TO FIND AN EDUCATED PRIMARY DOCTOR AND RHEUMY AND

> PULMONARY DOC--4 YEARS OF SUFFERRING WITH NO TREATMENT WHILE I SAT

THERE

> AND WATCHED MY LIFE/CAREER GET FLUSHED DOWN THE

TIOLET...........LYNN

>