New to the group

[Guest guest]

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