lupus?

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Nice to meet you. Do you see a

Rheumatologist? It sounds like you possibly have multiple illnesses. A lot of

us do. Are you on meds? I’m glad the vitamins are helping. Fatigue can

come with arthritis and lupus too. You could have both.

From:

bandit5125

Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:34 PM

To: LUPIES

Subject: lupus test

I have had an ana test and the dr. said the results are normal, but

did not give me a number, however, I get a lot of

the symptoms, and

am just not sure. I also have Itp, Ra and thyroid

disease so its

hard to tell what symptoms go to what since they

all overlap.

I get numbness in my fingers and toes, alot,

especially after

gardening or working with my hands. Have to let

them rest a lot.

If I touch my skin with my fingers it leaves a

white spot for a few

seconds.

I get really sharp pains just under my breasts

that make it

extremely hard to breathe in or out for a few

minutes, frightening

let me tell you.

I have had achy, painful and/or swollen joints for

more than three

months.

I have experienced persistent, extreme

fatigue/exhaustion and

weakness for days at a time, even after 6-8 hours

of restful

nighttime sleep.

I have had sensitivity to the sun where your skin

" breaks out " after

being in the sun, but it's not sunburn.

I do have a low blood count(s) - anemia, and a low

platelet count?

The other thing that is really bothering me is it

seems like I am

constipated at least once a week, and I have mega

gas problems, my

tummy just rolls sometimes!

I am on a lot of vitamins to help me fight the ra

and the itp, and

that has helped a lot! But the other symptoms

really bother me, and

I have read a lot about different things like this

from you all and

thought maybe you can relate.

the vitamins I am on are : Iron 65 mg(I was on

130, but my anemia

has leveled out now) Vit c 2000 mg, potassium 99

mg, msm 1000 mg, b-

12 1000 mcg, vit d 400 i.u.,

calcium/magnessium/zinc 666mg, 266mg,

10mg, b-6 50 mg, beta carotene 25,000 i.u.,

DHEA 50 mg, selenium

200 mcg. These vitamins have helped me

immensly! I no longer have

the brain fog I used to have and my ra isn't

flairing as much as it

was and my white platelete count is back in normal

ranges(for 3

months now) I cannot take a multi vitamin as it

has vit E and a few

other things in it that will lower my platelete

count.

If you can gove me any info at all it would be

greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

LouAnn in NH