Auto immune disease to Fliss

April 28, 2005

My father was diagnosed with lupus in his mid-50's. Rather rare to

find in a man his age as it is usually found in women in thier mid-

20's. It was one of the first things they checked for when I started

getting sick a few years ago. The immuno assay was negative as my

panreatitis was from a ductal deformity but I was told to have

rhuematoid arthritis. I do believe now that was an error.

There has been a great deal of thoughts of late on the connection

between diseases and the immuno response, inflammatory response, that

is fascinating. We inherit our immune system from our parents much

as we inherit our eye or hair color. Ie: I am not allergic to

poison ivy and neither was my father, an odd thing to inherit but

made all those childhood camping trips far more pleasant...LOL

I am doing ok, this hernia has gotten larger and extends to the other

side of my incision even tho I am taking it very easily. It really

hurts and I have been taking a lot of pain meds again. Thought I was

through with all that. The nausea and reflux has me a bit bothered

so it is obviously doing a number on my intestinal motility and

digestion.

The surgery is still planned for the 9th and I am waiting to hear

from the plastic surgeon as I should see him prior to for an exam.

emailed me a bit ago saying that he had spoken with the surgeon

and it may be done without any kind of meshing, alloderm, at all. He

said they may be able to use my own muscles and tissues, sounds more

painful but should be better in the long run, I think. I am just so

tired of not feeling well.

Seems like as soon as I got my strength back from the total along

came this stupid thing. Of course I have all of life's other mini

tragedies to deal with and sometimes times feels like life is just

chipping away at my very core. Trying to zap me of my inner strenght

and determination. I have been rather depressed lately and really

could use some good news for a change. At least the weather has been

lovely and I can enjoy my spring blossoms and watching all the

migratory birds as they travel back up north. We are very fortunate

in that area here. I'll be ok.

Keep me posted on how things go with your testing and such. it is

very interesting.

Warmly,

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