Hi everybody! You all sound so nice and I thought maybe I could ask for some help from you...
After six years diagnosis still eludes me. I'm so close to many of the different AI diseases but never seem to fit neatly in a package. My chief complaint is symetrical PAIN in my legs. Some days are better than others but there's not a day goes by w/o taking pain meds. I have definate fatigue and sometimes mouth ulcers and small body rashes. I get a discoloration on my skin above my upper lip everytime I'm in the sun, even if for only a couple of minutes. I do NOT get the butterfly rash though and the main problem for diagnosis is that I don't get the swelling along w/ the pain in my knee and ankle joints either. Do all people with Lupus have the inflamation?? ( I also do NOT have the tender points or sleeping problems that would give me a Fibromyalsia diagnosis.)
Anyways, if this sounds like Lupus or anything else you know of, can you please help! I'm starting to go crazy and want my life back!!
Thanks guys!!! ((*_*))
After six years diagnosis still eludes me. I'm so close to many of the different AI diseases but never seem to fit neatly in a package. My chief complaint is symetrical PAIN in my legs. Some days are better than others but there's not a day goes by w/o taking pain meds. I have definate fatigue and sometimes mouth ulcers and small body rashes. I get a discoloration on my skin above my upper lip everytime I'm in the sun, even if for only a couple of minutes. I do NOT get the butterfly rash though and the main problem for diagnosis is that I don't get the swelling along w/ the pain in my knee and ankle joints either. Do all people with Lupus have the inflamation?? ( I also do NOT have the tender points or sleeping problems that would give me a Fibromyalsia diagnosis.)
Anyways, if this sounds like Lupus or anything else you know of, can you please help! I'm starting to go crazy and want my life back!!
Thanks guys!!! ((*_*))