WELCOME MARILYN

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Hi Marilyn,

Welcome to the group. You certainly have a lot on your plate right now .No wonder you are so depressed....I will be keeping you and yours in my prayers.

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Hello everyone! I am new to the group. I have been reading the emails now for about a week and you all seem so caring and loving. I relate to alot of the problems some of you are having. I was diagnosed with lupus in Dec. of 2002, os I'm pretty new to thise disease, although my Dr. thinks I've had it for years. I have migraines, Fibro, osteo-arthritis, degenerative disk with one disk completly gone, emphysema, asthma, a skin disorder from the lupus. My cartilage in my knees are gone so the bones are grinding on each other. My left shoulder has bone fragments and bone spurs that are impinging on a nerve and I will probibly need surgery. This is causing my depression to just go through the roof.I am under alot of stress right now, too. Last weekend my mother had a stroke and my grandson had a seizure and ended up in the hospital. I didn't know which was to go first. My mom is fine but, she has to be careful cuz her heart is skipping beats. Does anyone know exactly what that means? They didn't tell her. My grandson is only six months old and the E.R.Dr. wants an MRI, and CT scan done but,the two hospitals closest to them won't do them untill he has more seizures.The E.R. put that little guy through a spinal tap and the Dr. fells he'll have more seizures for some reason. So far, he hasn't. I'm hoping it was just some kind of a weird thing and he'll never have another one. He had been sick with a high fever the week before so, I'm thinking that had something to do with it. The E.R. Dr. says no since there was no infection in the spinal tap but I say the Drs. don't always no everything. I'm sorry for rattleing on here. Anywas I am 48 years old, married, and have two son's. Jerret is my oldest at 30, and Rob is 27. They each are married and have one child. Jerret a girl, 7 years old, and Rob has the six month old boy. I read in one of the emails that some of you are having trouble with sweating, so am I. Mine started about 3 months ago. My Dr. told me it's from the lupus but didn't answere me when I asked what was causing it. If anyone finds the answere I'd love to here it, too. Well, Ive kept you all long enough now. Thank you all so much for letting me in your group.Hope to get to know you all alot better. Love, Marilyn "The LUPIES Store" Come check out our store...http://www.cafepress.com/thelupies"The LUPIES Web Page"http://www.itzarion.com/lupusgroup.html"The LUPIES online photo albums!" Check out what your fellow Lupies look like...http://www.picturetrail.com/lupies