Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Hi Donna: Wow, isn't that funny what kinds of connection between symptoms you can find out through joining these clubs? Too bad doctors don't monitor these very closely. They might be able to find a correlation between diseases like the ones we have. Barb S. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Hi Donna I too have the spider veins on my cheeks and across my nose. Eighteen years ago I had the first one 'removed' from my nose by a dermatologist and ended up with a more visible and larger scar than ever the vein was. So I decided not to do anything more but learn to live with them. It seems funny to me that I look like an alcoholic when I might drink only 3 glasses of wine in an entire year. Last week I went back to my old family doctor for the results of a huge panel of blood work. He tells me that I may have lupus and has sent me for more blood work. Three techs and four stabs later they managed to get their tube of blood. And I am waiting for results. I looked it up on the web and came across a picture of a woman with lupus. Apparently there is a 'butterfly' shaped reddish facial marking characteristic to lupus. It sure looked like my face. Needless to say, I'm not very pleased about that possibility. I guess what I'm trying to say is do get it checked out. We don't all have lupus, but seems strange that so many of us have broken capiliaries on our faces, doesn't it. Haven't been on for a few days - I find that when I'm bothered I tend to pull into myself until I've come through it. In my own way it's my way of dealing with some stress. Internalizing works for me sometimes. Not others. But most days I at least log on and read what's happening. On the positive I can report that 22 months after my diagnosis of GD my thryoid levels are 'normal'. I opted for RAI looking for a quick and easy fix. Wrong.... Keep up the good fight everyone. Kate DONNA & JERRY ROBERTS wrote: Hi, Barb. Welcome to the group. I believe that I may have cea. Not bad yet, but there are strange red spots and what look like spider veins on both cheeks under my eyes. Sound familiar, at all? Donnahttp://trak.to/life www.reliv.com Take control of your health! Re: Mona Hi all! I'm new to the group so I thought I'd introduce myself. My thyroid has been giving me trouble since about 13 years old. It started off as being hyper and now I think it's turned hypo because I'm taking synthroid now. That being the case, I decided to join both the hypo and hyper groups on . To give you all some background, I'm 43 married with one son. We live in LA, CA and have two cats. I also have a thing called cea which I'm debating is connected to my hyperactive thryroid. Do any of you have cea too? Let me know. Thanks. Barb S. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2001 Report Share Posted September 11, 2001 Thanks Mona, I appreciate your advice. Have you ever wished you owned your own time? Visit: http://www.timefreedom.evisionbiz.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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