Finally Talked to the Rheumy

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So, finally I got to talk to my doctor and not the nurse. I told him about her

not telling me my lab results etc. He said he had a whole sheet of info he wrote

up for her to tell me... arrghh

Anyways, my labs showed a myositis antibody present so I have dermatomyositis.

He said my Lupus tests were not conclusive. The first one was positive, the

second one was negative etc etc.

Soo.....he said I am to stay on the increased dose of 40mg daily of prednisone

until next Wed. If I'm feeling improved then I can try and cut down to 20 mg

daily if not just to stay on the 40mg. Then I call him the following Monday and

let him know. He said if he can't get me down to 10mg a day in the next 2-3 mo

then he's looking at starting one of the following, methotrexate, Imuran or

Cellcept.

I am still going to make an appointment with my general doctor and talk to him

about all of this and see what his thoughts are.

Any info or advice?

Amy

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