welcome Cheryl

[Guest guest]

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, disk degeneration, TMJ dysfunction, IBS, beguine tremors,

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,

am 40 and became sick 4 years ago. I have

been diagnosed with UCTD but spent 2 of my 4 years

as what I call

lost. I can remember very little of that time until

they got things

under control. I have joint pain, nausea, rashes

that come and go,

mouth ulcers, extreme fatigue. I'm sure there's more

but the memory

is also a bit gone. I also have severe acid reflux,

IBS, the start

of emphysema and have a skip in my heart. In the

past 4 years I've

also had my gall bladder removed, a hysterectomy,

and a mass of

tissue removed from my wrist(they still don't know

what it was).

I work 5 days a week and have 2 children

Cheryl