Good Morning!!
It's 9:16am here. I love the fact that this board has people from everywhere. How wonderful is that??
Lyn, right now I am going through bouts (is that spelled right?) of sharp pains in my upper back that seems to move through to my chest making it uncomfortable to breath. That is actually how I found this site- I googled pain in back and chest and was directed to the board. I read the symptoms that other posters had and they mirrored mine. I went home last night and took an Aleve and then took some Pred this morning. I go to the doc in a few weeks and will talk to him about this- I am feeling a little better today. It happened a few weeks ago as well. My doctor took me off the Plaqunel (sp?) because my white blood cell count dropped so much, she even sent me to a doctor (I cannot remember the specialist- wish I could). They gave me a shot- the kind they give patients going through chemo to bring up the count again. That hurt like a son of a gun for a few weeks. My count went up, but came back down again, though not as low as before. They had talked about doing a bone marrow biopsy, but I spoke with my Rhumy and he said that he thinks this is all related to the Lupus- so I did not have the biopsy done. In all honesty, I did not want to do that.
Lola Lola- sorry to hear you aren't sleeping well. Are you feeling ok?
Karol- Good Morning. We really aren't that far away from each other. You're right though, a meeting at Starbucks is probably out of the question- for now, anyway. :lol: My lupus affects me in my joints. It comes and goes. I don't have any problems with the sun (thank goodness), but there were times when the pain was so bad- I've been pretty lucky really. I know that it could be so much worse.
Thank you all for the kind welcome. I already feel like I've known you for a while. It's amazing how sharing the same illness can bring strangers close (and I have been told that I can be pretty strange- haha)
I look forward to talking to you all and sharing stories. Thanks for making me feel so welcome.
Pam