Fourth round of medications

[Guest guest]

Well, I am on round four of medications trying to control my

outbreak. I finally got the all-clear to start Imuran. If this

works, I can discontinue the Accutane, and possibly the prednisone.

That would be soooooooo nice. It is very frustrating to be " symptom

free " (not counting one or two MINOR flares) for 40 years, and then

have it go wild. I keep giving praise that everything appears to be

cutaneous (skin involvement only). When I was first diagnosed at age

13, it had SLE written all over it. I get the odd ball things

(pleurisy, elevated sedrate, tire - foggy feeling, etc). Please keep

me in prayers that my immune system will be supressed enough to put

the Lupus " to sleep " , but not enough to cause major infections.

Got some good news yesterday that I would like to share with

everyone. I am sworn to secrecy and cannot tell my husband, which is

killing me, but I am so happy about the news and so am bursting at

the seams. My sister (who will turn 40 in Sept) has been looking at

the possibility of adopting a child, as they have been unable to

conceive a second child). I had the opportunity for her to get in

contact with a pregnant teen, but my sister e-mailed me that they

will not be needing to adopt. Yep, she is pregnant. Their daughter

is 11 years now, so this will be a major adjustment for all. I am

not allowed to tell anyone in the family until they can hear a

heartbeat. She told me I have no choice now but to get well. She

thinks her daughter/son will need its aunt. This sure has boosted my

moral!

Well, time to get some sleep. I wish you all a wonderful, restive

evening!

" Puppy "