I am new to this forum and to 'lupus' or seeing if that might be what is making me ill....a little history to see if anyone has shared in similar things...
Last Sept I had a routine CBC done (my request bc I was having extreme fatigue, weight gain) I was called by GP right away to have retest...my WBC was very low...2.2 with nuet at 11 (this is almost bottoming out) but I was not sick. THey retested twice...still the same...then I went to Hem/Oncologist...he ran more tests...I need to see about DNA/ANA/RA/etc...they were tested at that time but not since. I spent twice a week getting Neupogen shots throughout winter bc i was sick every 3 wks. During fall/winter I started loosing my hair IN LARGE AMNTS/have unreal fatigue/loss of short term memory/depression at times (and I have taken drugs for that for almost 8 years)/extreme soreness in joints and muscles to the point that I cannot function just folding laundry or turning a magazine page! They stopped the shots about a month ago...now my levels are down to where they were last fall...2.8WBC...13 Neut...231 Plat...low RDW...I cannot figure out what to do next. I think it must be Lupus or RA...but the hair loss has been so extreme my hairdresser said she thinks I have lost more than HALF of my total hair volume in the last 3 months! Any IDEAS!???:sad:
Last Sept I had a routine CBC done (my request bc I was having extreme fatigue, weight gain) I was called by GP right away to have retest...my WBC was very low...2.2 with nuet at 11 (this is almost bottoming out) but I was not sick. THey retested twice...still the same...then I went to Hem/Oncologist...he ran more tests...I need to see about DNA/ANA/RA/etc...they were tested at that time but not since. I spent twice a week getting Neupogen shots throughout winter bc i was sick every 3 wks. During fall/winter I started loosing my hair IN LARGE AMNTS/have unreal fatigue/loss of short term memory/depression at times (and I have taken drugs for that for almost 8 years)/extreme soreness in joints and muscles to the point that I cannot function just folding laundry or turning a magazine page! They stopped the shots about a month ago...now my levels are down to where they were last fall...2.8WBC...13 Neut...231 Plat...low RDW...I cannot figure out what to do next. I think it must be Lupus or RA...but the hair loss has been so extreme my hairdresser said she thinks I have lost more than HALF of my total hair volume in the last 3 months! Any IDEAS!???:sad:
