Re: My two cents -- Cheryl, Mojo and others

[Guest guest]

Cheryl, I'm not even sure I'm " diagnosed " yet. I have been

definitively diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis just a few weeks ago

and they told me at my last visit that one of the Lupus tests came

back positive, too, as did hypothyroidism. I have several of the

indicators but the ANA is normal. I had more labwork done today so my

doctor can take a closer look at the Lupus possibility and the

thyroid.

Anywho, I've had neurological deficits in the past, as well as

Raynaud's phenomenon which necessitated a move to a warm climate. But

all hell broke loose within several months after my total

hysterectomy. (I was 38; now I'm 39.) My doctor found that

interesting, too.

In RA, I've read that hormonal changes can provide a trigger. It's

interesting, too, how RA and Lupus mostly affect women. I guess I'm

just trying to put some pieces together.

-Anne

>

> For -Anne

> I, too, have asked my doctor about the link between these problems

and

> lupus. I have just recently been diagnosed with Lupus, but I have

had

> ovarian failure and am going through menopause right now, I am only

41!

> I take hormone replacement therapy because my menopause symptoms are

> terrible and I can't handle it right now. As of right now, my gyno

> doctor says there is probably no link between lupus and gyno

problems,

> but I have come across some articles that indicate that they are

> linked.

>

> Sorry, I don't think I answered your question. Perhaps the doctors

> need to look at actual patients and research it!

>

> Cheryl J - GA

[Guest guest]

I also had a negitive ANA in the year befor it really flared... now

everything is positive

I think I asked this once before, but with so many of us mentioning

thyroid, is there a medical link established or has there been any

research done that anyone knows of that my show a possible connection?

I asked an ER doctor a couple months ago, and he said, Allergies,

Hypothyroid, Rhumatoid, all auto immune... I didn't think

Hypothyroidism fit in there... anyone else hear anything like this or

was this young doc sniffing too much oxygen?

> Cheryl, I'm not even sure I'm " diagnosed " yet. I have been

> definitively diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis just a few weeks

ago

> and they told me at my last visit that one of the Lupus tests came

> back positive, too, as did hypothyroidism. I have several of the

> indicators but the ANA is normal. I had more labwork done today so

my

> doctor can take a closer look at the Lupus possibility and the

> thyroid.

>