But I might be near the finish line.
I went to see the Rheumy yesterday. I've been sick for years, but mainly in 1999 when I contracted Lyme, things went down hill. I was cured for the lyme but a few years afterwards, my joints started hurting, they treated me for lyme again.
Over the past 10 years I've had blood tests and my ANA had always been positive. But no one every went further, they chalked it up to lyme.
The Rheumy said to me yesterday, "I don't think this is lyme related, I think it could be lupus." So more blood was drawn.
She also noticed a rash on my nose, she asked about it, I said "I always get that when I spend time in the sun, it's been happening for years."
DING DING.
She asked me if the UTI I had in June (according to my labs then) was treated and gone? It was treated but not gone.
She asked about my joint pain, I told her it comes and goes at the oddest times. When I'm running around at work, it doesn't bother me, but on the weekends, when I lay out and relax (in the sun) it gets so much worse, to the point where I can't even walk.
DUH!
OK, I'm not educated on Lupus. LOL!
She said my ANA was at 1:640 and speckled (I do know what that means). And my platletts are low.
So with all of these lovely signs, she deduced that this is probably Lupus.
And just to throw some more light on this, my mother had 2 aunts that died in their 30s of "Kidney Problems". Of course she could not elaborate on exactly what was wrong with them, but I wonder.
I went to see the Rheumy yesterday. I've been sick for years, but mainly in 1999 when I contracted Lyme, things went down hill. I was cured for the lyme but a few years afterwards, my joints started hurting, they treated me for lyme again.
Over the past 10 years I've had blood tests and my ANA had always been positive. But no one every went further, they chalked it up to lyme.
The Rheumy said to me yesterday, "I don't think this is lyme related, I think it could be lupus." So more blood was drawn.
She also noticed a rash on my nose, she asked about it, I said "I always get that when I spend time in the sun, it's been happening for years."
DING DING.
She asked me if the UTI I had in June (according to my labs then) was treated and gone? It was treated but not gone.
She asked about my joint pain, I told her it comes and goes at the oddest times. When I'm running around at work, it doesn't bother me, but on the weekends, when I lay out and relax (in the sun) it gets so much worse, to the point where I can't even walk.
DUH!
OK, I'm not educated on Lupus. LOL!
She said my ANA was at 1:640 and speckled (I do know what that means). And my platletts are low.
So with all of these lovely signs, she deduced that this is probably Lupus.
And just to throw some more light on this, my mother had 2 aunts that died in their 30s of "Kidney Problems". Of course she could not elaborate on exactly what was wrong with them, but I wonder.
