Re: Lupus test results.....

[Guest guest]

> ...are negative!! I have a follow-up appt. tomorrow

> afternoon with the doctor. Will update again then!!

> I wonder if he will refer me to a rheumatologist?

>

> =====

> ~~Leigh

>

WOOOOHOOO!!!! I'm so relieved for you! Good luck with your next

appointment. Personally, I think (good) rheumys are great for FM.

XOXO

[Guest guest]

Yay! Well that's one less thing to worry about Leigh. ;-)

xo li

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....are negative!! I have a follow-up appt. tomorrowafternoon with the doctor. Will update again then!! I wonder if he will refer me to a rheumatologist?=====~~Leigh

[Guest guest]

Leigh,

I am glad your Lupus test was negative. Did he do a rheumatoid

profile to also rule out RA and Sjogrens?

Believe me, even though us FMS folks " get no respect " at least FMS

isn't fatal, as Lupus can be if you have the internal foram that

affects the heart and lungs.

Kim W.

[Guest guest]

I wondered that too - there are sooo many autoimmune diseases... Many end up with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. But... *if* anything is showing up at the moment [that's the hard part remember], there are tests that can help say which is wihich.

I am so curious - was your ANA completely negative, or only slightly positive, thus a negative Lupus test? {{{Leigh}}} [i have seen them do that a lot to Lupoids].

li

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Leigh,I am glad your Lupus test was negative. Did he do a rheumatoid profile to also rule out RA and Sjogrens?Believe me, even though us FMS folks "get no respect" at least FMS isn't fatal, as Lupus can be if you have the internal foram that affects the heart and lungs.Kim W.