Divine Intervention of Quirky Twist of Fate.

[Guest guest]

All,

I just had the most interesting situation while Cheryl took me to the

CVS Drug Store to pick up my roids and to stop at the bank and post

office.

Normally Cheryl uses the drive up, this time we went inside and got

our scripts. Then got sidetracked and decided to get a new snow

brush for the car. Then while waiting I heard the customer ahead of

us talking to the clerk about some symptoms the clerk had been

experiencing. I am not sure how the conversation started, but the

customer (Kathy) said, " those symptoms sound an awful lot like

AOSD. " Well, my jaw dropped. Kathy has had AOSD for about 15 years

with a 5 year remission at one point. She sees a Rheumy down in

Philly at Jefferson Medical Center.

Cheryl and I spent some time comparing notes with Kathy and it was

just such a wonderful (not really a good term to use, I am afraid,

but you know what I mean) feeling to meet another stilligan face to

face and out of the blue.

Like 2 other AOSD people and myself, she also has ILD Lung disease

related to the AOSD. The clerk, by the way, is seeing a pulmonologist

for " lung issues " after her CAT Scan showed " abnormalities " that

sounded like ground glass, and the other symptoms sound awful

familiar. That would be strange indeed if there were 3 of us in such

close proximity. According to Kathy, she has a daughter who is

starting to show some symptoms of AOSD as well and has a sister or

cousin with Lupus.

Just think, if we had not gotten delayed to the CVS because of icy

roads, if I had decided not to tag along, if we had not gone inside,

if we had not decided to get the snow brush.........if if if ?

Tom PA

AOSD 5/05 Asthma 11/06 NSIP 5/08 Sjrogrens 08/08