MEDICAL INFO FYI

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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