Welcome Rachail

[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

Have you seen a Rheumatologist yet? When

a person has lupus, fibromyalgia, or arthritis they need to see that kind of

Dr. I hope you don’t have lupus. Let us know. Sorry I took so long to

write. I’ve been away from the putter.

From:

RickAddict

Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:44

PM

To: LUPIES

Subject: hello, I'm new

Hi! Thanks for letting me in. I joined this group because I

am confused

with all of

my symptoms and i have nobody who understands or can really

relate.

I didn't know where else to go, even though I have not been

diagnosed

with Lupus or anything else..yet.

I am 30 and

I have 4 boys, ages 8,6,3 and 8 months. I live in Utah and I've

been married

10 years. I recently got my B.S. in Psychology and I start my

Masters next

month. Hopefully I will feel up to it.

I've had

such strange things going on for so long, it's kind of driving me

nuts.

First it was tingling on one side of my head many years ago, then it

was my hands

and toes falling asleep or going numb, then being allergic to

cats and

breaking out in severe hives for months (when I grew up with cats

and had no

problem!), on to joint pain in my fingers and wrists. One day

when I had a

bad hives reaction, I could hardly move and my SED rate was way

up. My

most annoying problem is my joints. They don't bother me all the

time, but

lately more often than not. I do a weight lifting class that has

kept me in

good shape and now it hurts my wrists and it hurts my fingers a

bit to type

email. My fingers feel stiff. Most recently my hair started to

fall out and

I found out my thyroid had a problem. I had the ANA test done

and it was

1:640. There is no answer to why I am having irritating

problems.

Now I am being referred on to an Endocrinologist and I don't

really know

why. So, this is me in a nutshell at the moment. Thanks for

e-listening.

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