Re: It's not Lupus after all...hmmm...now what ???
From: Claire (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 May 2001 08:44:39 -0500 (CDT)
I was also tested for Lupus, which came out negative. At one point last
summer I had my doc, my gyn, my RE, a hematologist, a vascular surgeon,
and an orthopedic surgeon. To find out...kind of nothing. But I do
have painful varicose veins (at 32), with some blood clotting (not the
kind that kills me)and blah blah blah. Actually, a lot of the problems
I was having came from all the meds swelling me up all the time. Also,
with the PCOS I gained about 20 pounds in a short amount of time and my
legs couldn't take the stress of it all.
Good luck! And keep making them take tests.
--
Claire
At Thu, 17 May 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Have they tested you for rhumatory arthiritis? (SP) That also causes a
>lot of ankle swelling, soar joints a lathargic feeling. A co -worker of
>mine was just diagnosed with it and has been taking pregnisone? and her
>swelling has gone down considerably. She said that they can tell if you
>have this through a specific blood panal.
>Just thought I might through that out there.
>Dona
>
>>At Thu, 17 May 2001, Koolaide wrote:
>>Amy... Hi, my symptoms are very very very swollen feet and ankles. I
>>can hardly wear shoes. My joints are very sore. I have turned into an
>>old women of 33 in the last month. I can hardly walk up our flight of
>>stairs. It has all been so weird, nothing seems strange anymore. I
>>forgot to mention that doc. put me on Spironolactone today too. Don't
>>know what it's for, but will find out. I have been looking into Lupus
>>and it seems to me that it is another 'umbrella' disease. Aren't we
>>lucky? I'm not sure what to think, really. I am going to ask my fam.
>>doc. tomorrow and I will let you know then what he says.
>>
>>At Thu, 17 May 2001, Koolaide wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi everyone. Just back from getting the results of my blood work. Doc
>>>thought for sure I had Lupus as well as pcos. Nope. He literally
>>>shrugged his shoulders and teased me by saying I was such a strange girl
>>>! We get along great, so this didn't bother me at all. He told me to go
>>>back to my fam. doc. and see what he says. But now what??? I have
>>>been through everything I though. I wish I could do like I do to my
>>>truck and just plug myself into a diagnostic machine and run it's course
>>>and come out needing an oil change! Ahhh.. if it were only that easy !
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