:sigh: Is anyone else as tired as I am of repeating your diagnosis to neighbors and aquaintances? I often have my medicine delivered or am heading out the door to a doctor's appointment when someone asks me why I am taking something or what is wrong with me. I have told everyone in the building at least one time each, several people have been told three or four times:hissy: :screamin: yet they never seem to hear me or remember what I have said. They say the same things. Oh, you have lupus? What exactly is that? When were you diagnosed with that? I have a neice, cousin, friend, who has that but I never really knew what it was. So, I take time and explain, briefly what lupus is and how it affects me. Most of the time I get that deer in the headlights look, I even had someone say, Who told you that you have lupus? Like why would I make that up? I thought about printing up a card that explains things so I can save my breath, printing up a t-shirt with the current symptoms of the day, or just making up some nonsense because people don't seem to listen anyway. I do have the precious friends and family who ask, listen and attempt to understand and offer support, for that I am very grateful
That alone helps a great deal. It's like the people who ask the most repetitive questions are using them like "How are You?" You know how people ask that but don't really care or listen to the answer?:wink2: How do you deal with this? I have found that repeating myself over and over makes me irritable and angry at the intrusion. Any suggestions are welcome. Karly:wink2: