Hi all
Just wondering if anyone could help. For some reason I have been referred to the louise cootes unit at Tommy's.
I'm just wondering if anyone who's been there can tell me what they do when you go for your appointment? Is it just a chat or do they do tests?
I've had a lot of bad health for over a year which kicked off after a 2 month period of stress. My symptoms are a bit vague (fatigue, intermittent hair loss, dry eyes, constipation, can't walk for more than 20 mins without losing my energy completely/getting very weak, postural hypotension).
Personally, I don't think I have lupus as I don't think my symptoms really match. Also given that my symptoms are so vague, how can they possibly know whether they are lupus or not? My ESR (done two times is always negative) and the ANA tests have only been weakly positive. Wouldn't that indicate that I don't have lupus?
I have two autoimmune diseases already (thyroid and diabetes T1) and in my family we have thyroid, alopecia universalis, vitiligo, diabetes T1 as far as I know.
thanks
jammy dodger
Just wondering if anyone could help. For some reason I have been referred to the louise cootes unit at Tommy's.
I'm just wondering if anyone who's been there can tell me what they do when you go for your appointment? Is it just a chat or do they do tests?
I've had a lot of bad health for over a year which kicked off after a 2 month period of stress. My symptoms are a bit vague (fatigue, intermittent hair loss, dry eyes, constipation, can't walk for more than 20 mins without losing my energy completely/getting very weak, postural hypotension).
Personally, I don't think I have lupus as I don't think my symptoms really match. Also given that my symptoms are so vague, how can they possibly know whether they are lupus or not? My ESR (done two times is always negative) and the ANA tests have only been weakly positive. Wouldn't that indicate that I don't have lupus?
I have two autoimmune diseases already (thyroid and diabetes T1) and in my family we have thyroid, alopecia universalis, vitiligo, diabetes T1 as far as I know.
thanks
jammy dodger