Re: sorry i never used this mail thing before.anyway he didntsay what kind of artritis so i asked him and he wanted to do some bloodworkbecause of the fatigue and to see if it was RA or lupus. here is what confusedme,he showed me the test re

May 17, 2002

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We were all new to email at one time or another, so please don't apologies. You

are writing your message in the subject line rather than the email body. I

don't know what email program you are using, but in the subject line you just

write a short title like subject.

I hope your doctor will refer you to a rheumatologist. A RD (rheumatologist)

specializes in rheumatic diseases such as RA and lupus. There are many

rheumatic diseases and some of them are very difficult to diagnose. When do you

go back to him? Did he mention sending you to a RD?

a

[ ] sorry i never used this mail thing before.anyway he

didntsay what kind of artritis so i asked him and he wanted to do some

bloodworkbecause of the fatigue and to see if it was RA or lupus. here is what

confusedme,he showed me the test results and explained how they run the test

forlupus, how they dilute your blood 40 times normal range was <1:40 it

waswritten like that and he said after the blood has been diluted if you

stillshow the antibody then you have lupusmy results were <1:40- 1:80> i said

sodoes this mean there was still lupus in my blood after they diluted it and

hesaid yes and i said so i have lupus and he said no i think you are

exhaustedfrom work i want you to take a week off work and take celebrex for the

painand see if you feel better. he acted very strange like he was afraid to

upsetme or something but he is a very small town dr. he just didnt have any

answersfor me i became very discouraged and stoped the meds. in 3 days i

startedrunning a fever a

bridgette1959 <bridgette1959@...> wrote:

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> Hi ,

I know that the Drs can be a bit vague about things, what is it

that you are having a hard time with? Give me a shout and I will see

what I can tell you...

Bridgette

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