Hi Fran

[Guest guest]

WELCOME FRAN,

I am glad you found us. This is a friendly place with lots of good

information. I am 57 but have had lupus since a teen. I didn’t

get a proper dx until I was in my early 40’s. I have lupus,

fibromyalgia, arthritis, osteoporosis, TMJ dysfunction, IBS, interstitial

cystitis, and cognitive dysfunction (lupus fog). I am a cancer survivor

and have had several brain seizures and a brain hemorrhage about 7 ½ yrs. ago.

Lots of the lupies here have multiple illnesses, some of which (like

mine) may have nothing to do with lupus. Feel free to express yourself

anyway you like. I suffer from depression, do you? Depression is a

chemical problem that people with lupus and fibromyalgia get. I take meds

for it. The other thing that happens to us is lack of REM sleep. I

take sleeping pills to help me. Again, Welcome,

 

Hello Everyone,

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name

is Fran, married to a

great guy for

close to 25 years. We have 2 cats who think

they're human.

They've trained us well

-- over the past 15 years.

Normally I would refrain telling my history with SLE

because it can

sound so

melodramatic and unbelievable to those unfamiliar

with the disease.

Without a doubt

I know all of you can relate to this and even more.

In 1987 I was diagnosed with SLE (although in

retrospect have had

symptoms since

my teens).