What is wrong with doctors that they think it is ok to just throw out a diagnoses, without so much as an explanation? When I was first diagnosed with lupus five years ago, my rheumatologist was scant on detail and my primary doctor only added to the confusion by impatiently assuring me “you won’t die!” …
A Useful Modality for Treating Muscle Pain My husband asks me from time to time, what is it like, the muscle pain? And every time he asks, I try to use a new metaphor. Plain words never seem descriptive enough to explain what my widespread muscle pain feels like. So I have said stuff like …
Without a proper diagnosis, it is impossible to get on the right road to recovery. But when you have an autoimmune disease, or multiple overlapping diseases like me, it becomes very tricky. I have, among others, lupus, thyroidism and fibromyalgia. All three diseases say I will experience debilitating fatigue. So can I alleviate the fatigue …
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