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Hi all! My name is Carolyn. I am 33 years old, living in Tacoma, Washington and day by day I seem to get worse (as far as my autoimmune symptoms) I started having noticeable joint pain, mostly in my hips, starting last July. So I started monitoring how often I would have these bouts of pain...

Hiya all! I wanted to introduce myself; my name is Erica. I'm very nervous about what's to come, as I was recently diagnosed with SLE. I'm grateful to have found this group because I know having a support system is SO important, especially with others who are living with lupus and other...

Hello. It's been a little bit since I last updated here. I initially came here after having discovered that I have a positive ANA 1:640 (speckled pattern) as well as joint pain and a photosentive rash. I also have another autoimmune illness (Hashimoto's thyroditis) and have been diagnosed with...

Hello everyone ! Just joined :) Looking forward to like minded people

Ive been getting this pain for the last year on my left side, lower back. Its sharp but, comes and goes within hours. I'll wake up with it but it will disappear a few hours later. Last night the pain showed up again around 3 am. It did wake me but I soon fell asleep. When I got up at 6 am, the...

Hey Everyone! I am a 32 year old male who has been diagnosed with SLE when I was 15 years old. I have also been diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome. I have struggled my whole adult life with arthritic pain and fatigue, but the reason I am getting on an Internet forum is I am beginning to feel...

Ten years of going to doctors all over the US and getting nowhere but spending plenty and enduring lots of procedures and tests, I just returned from Mexico City 2 days ago with the diagnosis---Lupus and MCTD. I already had been diagnosed with Sjogren's back in '07 or '08, but apparently the...

Hi, everyone! I am new to this site and am hoping to gain some clarify on the many manifestations of lupus, particularly SLE. I've been to 2 doctors now that highly suspect SLE, and am seeing a rheumy next week. I am just wondering if anyone has ideas if this looks like a butterfly/malar...

Recently, I got into a car accident. I don't remember a lot about it. I remember pressing on the breaks and I'm still trying to construct what has happened in my head. I remember blanking out. The police told me that all of the witnesses said I ran a red light. I do not remember that at all...

Hi, I've been trying to join multiple lupus forums today...just trying to find some answers. I'm in my early 30s. I was diagnosed when I was in high school and lately, the lupus brain fog is terrifying me due to something that happened today (which is what encourage me to sign up here).

I seem to have what I call seizures; I pass out, shake, my eyes roll back into my head and I giggle. A little while ago I had a EEG but it didn't show anything. I looked it up but could only come back with something about 'non-epileptic seizures' and 'pseudobulbar affect'. 'Pseudobulbar affect'...