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

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If you can, get insurance. Get it RIGHT now, while you are undiagnosed.

Medical treatment for lupus or arthritis is VERY expensive. It sure sounds

like you have lupus. Are the patches on your cheeks sort of in the shape of

a butterfly - thats one of the telltale signs. If you can avoid it, you DO

NOT want to be diagnosed with lupus or any other chronic autoimmune disease

until you are insured. Get insured and then ask for a referral to

rheumatologist. Take care - KAren

>From: teresa rodriguez <coqueta_45101@...>

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

>didnt say what kind of artritis so i asked him and he wanted to do some

>bloodwork because of the fatigue and to see if it was RA or lupus. here is

>what confused me,he showed me the test results and explained how they run

>the test for lupus, how they dilute your blood 40 times normal range was

><1:40 it was written like that and he said after the blood has been diluted

>if you still show the antibody then you have lupusmy results were <1:40-

>1:80> i said so does this mean there was still lupus in my blood after they

>diluted it and he said yes and i said so i have lupus and he said no i

>think you are exhausted from work i want you to take a week off work and

>take celebrex for the pain and see if you feel better. he acted very

>strange like he was afraid to upset me or something but he is a very small

>town dr. he just didnt have any answers for me i became very discouraged

>and stoped the meds. in 3 days i started running a fever again and swollen

>glands and my pain became horrible so im taking it now. my husband is very

>supportive but i need help because i didnt take the ins. at work it was so

>expensive and we just bought our first house. i dont think this dr. can

>help me,where do i turn.something i think may have started all this is

>extreme stress which i will explain later but when i was in all this stress

>is when my symptoms first surfaced. i hope you can help, i hope someone

>can.thank you

>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:44:14 -0700 (PDT)

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> 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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