Hi Deb

[Guest guest]

-Hi Deb, My name is LouAnn, and I also have itp.I have been through

the brain fog thing myself, thats the worse..lol..I am currently on

a rigourous vitamin regime and that has helped immensly! my

platelets are looking good and I am feeling great! I lve in New

Hampshire, married 19 years, am 37, 2 kids, 1 son,18, 1 daughter 14.

Welcome aboard!

-- In LUPIES , " Debbie " wrote:

> Hi, I am a newbie here. I am trying to read a lot of the past

posts,

> but dang, y'all are a chatty bunch!

> I will introduce myself.

> My name is Debbie, but call me Deb. I am 34 yrs old, married 16

> years to my high school sweetheart, I know, blech, its so cutsie

its

> sickening. We live in a small town in central Illinois.

Cornfields

> as far as the eye can see.

> I have 2 children. My dd is 11 and too smart for her own good.

My

> son is 6 going on 50. Everyone says he is an old soul, I just say

> he's a littl s***. He has medical stuff of his own going on, but

> thats for a later day.

> About me, I have only been officially diagnosed with Lupus for

about

> 2 years, but can trace symptoms back at least 15. My main

symptoms

> are ITP, I have the worlds crappiest platelets. Last count they

> stood somewhere around 40. I also fight the fatigue terribly, but

Im

> sure not as bad as some. I tend to get wicked migraines, and the

> typical lupie fog, gotta love that.

> Sometimes I feel guilty because I don't feel as bad as others. I

was

> just put on Plaquenil 2 months ago, and have heard that it could

take

> up to 6 months to really feel it. Kinda worried about its effect

on

> my platelets, but I see the hemo this week, so we shall see.

> Bear with me if I forget names and " faces " Thats one of my worst

> problems. I always say I need to staple a note to my forehead to

> remember to do something, but most likely I would still forget,

and

> wonder why in the heck my forehead hurts.

> Ok, I won't write a novel. Here's to getting to know some of you.

> Deb