I wrote recently about the crazy weird things that have been happening lately, including jaundice, hemolysis, chest pain, a weird rash that made my eye shut because of the swelling, swollen lymph nodes, and mild leukocytosis. I saw the rheumatologist on Monday, but first saw the resident (or fellow, I'm unsure which she was). She took my entire medical history, which is always difficult to go through, and remember every tiny, and major thing that has happened. When the rheumatologist came in, he was already pretty convinced that I had Lupus. I have a strong family history of Auto-Immune diseases, I have about 8 out of the 11 qualifying symptoms needed to make a diagnosis, and for once, this diagnosis was pretty straight forward. Unfortunately, because I had to have my adrenal glands removed in order to treat Cushing's Disease, the usual initial treatment of predisone to stop the flare up was not a good treatment for me. Instead, I will take plaquenil, or hydroxycloroqui
(Formerly known as Life with Cushing's)