- Finally a diagnosis? Crossing fingers...

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Hee hee...well, I don't know your taste in men . He DOES look

like the fatherly doctors you see on TV...wish my skin could look

that good at his age, but HEY...this is LA. Personally, I prefer

the buffed, model-like, scrubs opened to show those sexy pecs

doctors. How come I never get THOSE? According to tv, they should

be EVERYWHERE!

It is kind of an eye-opener to have someone who is SO knowledgeable

and so approachable at the same time. He should tape his office

visits and force new rheumies to watch it over and over....and the

jerks should have their eyes held open with toothpicks so they have

to watch it in their sleep, too.

I was actually going there EXPECTING him to tell me he couldn't tell

me what was wrong, and HOPING that he could send me to the right

group of doctors. Even though all my other doctors (including my

daughters pediatrician) told me that I had all the symptoms and

bloodwork for some kind of autoimmune disease, all my rheumies said

my bloodwork didn't point to ANYTHING. Sigh. I just hope this

latest round of lab work clinches it, and I can start getting

better, even if it is just relative to NOW at this point.

> >> ,

> >>

> >> Yes, I know who Dr. Wallace is. I have a crush on him from afar.

> >>

> >> Among his many important achievements in the rheumatology realm,

> > he wrote

> >> " The Lupus Book. " If it turns out that you do have lupus, I'd

> > recommend

> >> getting a copy.

> >>

> >> Keep us posted.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Not an MD

> >>

> >> I'll tell you where to go!

> >>

> >> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

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

> >>

> >> s Hopkins Medicine

> >> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

> >>

> >>

> >> [ ] Finally a diagnosis? Crossing fingers...

> >>

> >>

> >> >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 " .

> >> >

> >> > 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...

> >> >

> >> >