uhm.
hello
i am 34 and live in the us. i have been having a lot of problems for the past two years. i have been diagnosed with celiac and arthritis in the past year. it is very frustrating and i am so tired. i was tested for lupus over a year ago by a very unsympathetic rheumatologist (and the test was negative despite any other symptoms i was showing). i had a rash on my face two months previous (to the appt.) which disappeared, i had pneumonia three times in a row and i was exhausted and achy all the time.
since that time i was diagnosed with celiac and i also had seizures and have developed arthritis in my hands. i have raynauds, neuralgia (including glossopharyngeal neuralgia and sciatica) and have lost over 40 pounds this past 7 months.
it seems that i just keep developing new things. i had to drop out of university because i was so sick last fall--but now i am supposed to go back and i am having more problems. i have developed a rash over my neck, chest, and legs that my dr said is "just" a heat rash without really paying too much attention to it (and despite the fact that my house is cool, i don't spend a lot of time outside, i don't wear tight clothes, and i certainly maintain good personal hygiene) and i continually have costochondritis and nausea.
i guess i am just so tired of continually getting sicker and pretty frightened by everything that is going on. i don't know what to do. i found this site a while ago and felt too shy to post because i am just.... whining. i feel like a hypochondriac... there's everything wrong, but nothing at all... :sad:
but, thanks for listening to this. it feels so much better to just talk about it.
Sheer
hello
i am 34 and live in the us. i have been having a lot of problems for the past two years. i have been diagnosed with celiac and arthritis in the past year. it is very frustrating and i am so tired. i was tested for lupus over a year ago by a very unsympathetic rheumatologist (and the test was negative despite any other symptoms i was showing). i had a rash on my face two months previous (to the appt.) which disappeared, i had pneumonia three times in a row and i was exhausted and achy all the time.
since that time i was diagnosed with celiac and i also had seizures and have developed arthritis in my hands. i have raynauds, neuralgia (including glossopharyngeal neuralgia and sciatica) and have lost over 40 pounds this past 7 months.
it seems that i just keep developing new things. i had to drop out of university because i was so sick last fall--but now i am supposed to go back and i am having more problems. i have developed a rash over my neck, chest, and legs that my dr said is "just" a heat rash without really paying too much attention to it (and despite the fact that my house is cool, i don't spend a lot of time outside, i don't wear tight clothes, and i certainly maintain good personal hygiene) and i continually have costochondritis and nausea.
i guess i am just so tired of continually getting sicker and pretty frightened by everything that is going on. i don't know what to do. i found this site a while ago and felt too shy to post because i am just.... whining. i feel like a hypochondriac... there's everything wrong, but nothing at all... :sad:
but, thanks for listening to this. it feels so much better to just talk about it.
Sheer
