Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hi group! Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is and I recently was diagnosed with Still's a little over two weeks ago. The fevers started Nov 17th and I was reaching 104 degrees at least 4-5 times a day. Had a visit to the ER and several visits to my normal doc without any luck. My regular doctor thought I might have had something called HSP virus. My mom, being a nurse, looked it up online and thought the best doctor to see for this kind of virus was a rheumatologist, luckily for me! Within 20 minutes of meeting my doctor and some basic tests she informed me that I had one of two things, either lupus or something called Still's disease. Two weeks later I got my test results back and like the normal still's blood work I was negative for lupus and RA, but had the high ferratine level along with the other indicators. I feel lucky being diagnosed so fast and getting it under control before it had the opportunity to do much damage. I have since started once weekly 50mg of Enbrel injections and i'm still on 15 mg of prednisone (i hate the way it makes me feel sometimes). Before being diagnosed I was a college athlete and actually pitched in the Women's College World Series of softball. I graduated last year and I'm now a CPA in Chicago. I still try to get in 3-4 work outs a week, but have been forced to shy away from the running because my knees have been the worst part by far of being diagnosed with Still's. Well that's a little more about me, I look forward to the discussions and the information exchange that we can all benefit from on this website. I hope everyone is having a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 , Welcome to our family, Sorry you had to become a member! I hope you find this group of people the most caring, loving and informative bunch, as I have, since being diagnosed in August this year. I, too, was diagnosed very quickly and escaped without major damage to my joints. I also think (at least, right now) I have a milder version of this without a lot of the other major things alot of other people suffer from. I'm hoping it stays that way! I'm 46, married with one 22 yr old daughter, live in Pinehurst, NC and foster kittens. How about you? Hoping you have a painfree day! Hugs, Sue Subject: Newest Member To: Stillsdisease Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 2:37 PM Hi group! Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is and I recently was diagnosed with Still's a little over two weeks ago. The fevers started Nov 17th and I was reaching 104 degrees at least 4-5 times a day. Had a visit to the ER and several visits to my normal doc without any luck. My regular doctor thought I might have had something called HSP virus. My mom, being a nurse, looked it up online and thought the best doctor to see for this kind of virus was a rheumatologist, luckily for me! Within 20 minutes of meeting my doctor and some basic tests she informed me that I had one of two things, either lupus or something called Still's disease. Two weeks later I got my test results back and like the normal still's blood work I was negative for lupus and RA, but had the high ferratine level along with the other indicators. I feel lucky being diagnosed so fast and getting it under control before it had the opportunity to do much damage. I have since started once weekly 50mg of Enbrel injections and i'm still on 15 mg of prednisone (i hate the way it makes me feel sometimes). Before being diagnosed I was a college athlete and actually pitched in the Women's College World Series of softball. I graduated last year and I'm now a CPA in Chicago. I still try to get in 3-4 work outs a week, but have been forced to shy away from the running because my knees have been the worst part by far of being diagnosed with Still's. Well that's a little more about me, I look forward to the discussions and the information exchange that we can all benefit from on this website. I hope everyone is having a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 , Welcome to our family, Sorry you had to become a member! I hope you find this group of people the most caring, loving and informative bunch, as I have, since being diagnosed in August this year. I, too, was diagnosed very quickly and escaped without major damage to my joints. I also think (at least, right now) I have a milder version of this without a lot of the other major things alot of other people suffer from. I'm hoping it stays that way! I'm 46, married with one 22 yr old daughter, live in Pinehurst, NC and foster kittens. How about you? Hoping you have a painfree day! Hugs, Sue Subject: Newest Member To: Stillsdisease Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 2:37 PM Hi group! Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is and I recently was diagnosed with Still's a little over two weeks ago. The fevers started Nov 17th and I was reaching 104 degrees at least 4-5 times a day. Had a visit to the ER and several visits to my normal doc without any luck. My regular doctor thought I might have had something called HSP virus. My mom, being a nurse, looked it up online and thought the best doctor to see for this kind of virus was a rheumatologist, luckily for me! Within 20 minutes of meeting my doctor and some basic tests she informed me that I had one of two things, either lupus or something called Still's disease. Two weeks later I got my test results back and like the normal still's blood work I was negative for lupus and RA, but had the high ferratine level along with the other indicators. I feel lucky being diagnosed so fast and getting it under control before it had the opportunity to do much damage. I have since started once weekly 50mg of Enbrel injections and i'm still on 15 mg of prednisone (i hate the way it makes me feel sometimes). Before being diagnosed I was a college athlete and actually pitched in the Women's College World Series of softball. I graduated last year and I'm now a CPA in Chicago. I still try to get in 3-4 work outs a week, but have been forced to shy away from the running because my knees have been the worst part by far of being diagnosed with Still's. Well that's a little more about me, I look forward to the discussions and the information exchange that we can all benefit from on this website. I hope everyone is having a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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