Re: Going back to the doctor tomorrow, the Christmas Blues and Lupus.....

[Guest guest]

I hope your appointment goes/went well today, . Please let us

know what your rheumatologist says.

There are many reasons for swollen lymph nodes. I hope it's nothing

too serious. Here's an article on the topic:

American Family Physician

" Lymphadenopathy: Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation " :

http://www.aafp.org/afp/981015ap/ferrer.html

I hope you can get past the blues soon. This is a difficult time of

year for many.

>

> I hope everyone is doing well tonight. I go back to the doctor

> tomorrow after my first 6 weeks on Plaquenil. Honestly, the only

> improvement I can tell so far is the fatigue is less. What should

I

> expect next? I always get the blues this time of year and am not

> looking forward to this visit.

>

> Also, my daughter who joined the group a couple of months ago after

> being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia woke up this morning with all the

> lymph nodes in her neck, arms and armpits swollen up. She even has

> knots and swelling in front of her ears! She was tested for Lupus

> the day the dr. diagnosed her Fibro but didn't go back for the next

> appointment because both of her children were very sick that day.

> Naturally, her rescheduled appointment was not until January.

Does

> Lupus display this type of symptom? When she was a child she had a

> similar incident and we were told she had leukemia. Fortunatley,

it

> wasn't, but they never were able to find what it was. After weeks

of

> antibiotics they finally went down. They put her on antibiotics

> today and told her to come back Tuesday. Please pray with me that

> it's not leukemia or Lupus. She has two small children.

>

> Thank you all for answering my questions and offering such good

> advise always. I'm glad you're here!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for the information about lymph nodes! I just

forwarded the article to my daughter. That makes me feel more

optimistic about it!

My appointment was good. She said my inflammation was down in my

last tests, which was good. It was 15 degrees at my house this

morning and it took me 4 hours to get where I could walk and drive

without bad pain. But, she agrees with me that it is the cold, not

progression. She did say that if my hair doesn't stop falling out I

will have to stop the Plaqeunil. I argued about that - I'd rather

have less pain and more energy than hair any day! She doesn't agree

though. I go back the first of February. Thanks again !

>

> I hope your appointment goes/went well today, . Please let us

> know what your rheumatologist says.

>

> There are many reasons for swollen lymph nodes. I hope it's nothing

> too serious. Here's an article on the topic:

>

> American Family Physician

> " Lymphadenopathy: Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation " :

> http://www.aafp.org/afp/981015ap/ferrer.html

>

> I hope you can get past the blues soon. This is a difficult time of

> year for many.

>

>

>

>

>

> --- In , " eandsspivey " <ereese@c...>

wrote:

> >

> > I hope everyone is doing well tonight. I go back to the doctor

> > tomorrow after my first 6 weeks on Plaquenil. Honestly, the only

> > improvement I can tell so far is the fatigue is less. What

should

> I

> > expect next? I always get the blues this time of year and am not

> > looking forward to this visit.

> >

> > Also, my daughter who joined the group a couple of months ago

after

> > being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia woke up this morning with all

the

> > lymph nodes in her neck, arms and armpits swollen up. She even

has

> > knots and swelling in front of her ears! She was tested for

Lupus

> > the day the dr. diagnosed her Fibro but didn't go back for the

next

> > appointment because both of her children were very sick that

day.

> > Naturally, her rescheduled appointment was not until January.

> Does

> > Lupus display this type of symptom? When she was a child she had

a

> > similar incident and we were told she had leukemia. Fortunatley,

> it

> > wasn't, but they never were able to find what it was. After

weeks

> of

> > antibiotics they finally went down. They put her on antibiotics

> > today and told her to come back Tuesday. Please pray with me

that

> > it's not leukemia or Lupus. She has two small children.

> >

> > Thank you all for answering my questions and offering such good

> > advise always. I'm glad you're here!

> >

> >

>