New Gal here

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Hello all,

I am new to this group and newly diagnosed with my problems. I

found an intresting article linking endometriosis to lupus,

fibromyalgia and other health related isssues. I found this

interesting because my gyno says I have endo, and my rheumatologist

and family doc says I have FM and now since last week the

rheumatolgist says Lupus, too, but he's been hinting at it since

January. He started saying the minute he saw me because of my

cheeks, but I didn't believe him because when I see the rash online,

everyone elses looks real BAD. Mine just makes my cheek area and

nose pinkish-red, I can really notice and get irritated with it when

trying to put on makeup....good news don't need blush now...hehe.

Luckily my husband doesn't accuse me of faking it, because his mom

has FM, so he knows how crappy it can make one feel. Plus he

understands pain, he has a bad back and even had surgery to fix a

herniated disc. Only prob, he doesn't want me to talk about it

because it's too stressful to him, the lupus and endo anyway. Before

I got this I was rekindling a friendship with a guy from high school

and he told me his mom died in Oct. of 2003, so I told my hubby about

her, who suffered from SLE and when I met her in 1995, she was bed-

bound. So that freaks him out, now that im Dx'd with it, he says he

doesn't think our family can function if Im ever bed bound, because

he couldn't work and take care of the house and kids. So, I can't

talk to him about it. I can't really talk to my mom about it...well

that a whole other story I will get into when I'm ready to vent on

her, which I'm sure will be after the Easter holiday..LOL. My MIL,

never really feels good, so it's hard to talk to her. And none of my

friends understand it, just feel bad for me. I am trying to talk to

, who's mom died of SLE, to maybe understand it better, I want

to see if she started out like me with it just affecting her skin and

joints and just progressed, that scares me!!!