Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Hey all, This is Steph in VA. I have RA (originally dx'd with Reactive Arthritis and AS but my rheumy of the past 5 years changed it to JRA with adult persistence b/c he found that I had symptoms throughout my childhood. Anyway, I have had arthritis for almost 6 years. Symptoms started when I was 22 and I'm about to turn 28. Fortunately for me I only have arthritis -so far. Speaking of auto immune clusters: my dad has severe psoriasis and diabetes and my mom carries the gene for RA but has osteo. On my mom's side I have the following diseases: asthma (4 people), RA (4), MS (1), psoriatic JRA (1), Raynaud's (1), Bell's Palsy (1), cerebral palsy (1), sleep apnea (1), diabetes (6), epilepsy (1), Tourette's (1), heart problems (4). On my dad's side, every man has heart problems & all of the women in my dad's generation and before died of cancer (breast, lung, colon, & bone) I'm actually in a genetic study based out of North Shore University Hospital in NY. When the doctor overseeing the project heard of all the auto immune illnesses in my extended family he asked if he could do a cluster study for a family study he is doing. Most of my family agreed to participate. Take care, Steph in VA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>hi, all! just received a NEW diagnosis of psoriasis = also have RA,>OA, and fibro w/restless legs syndrome = does anyone else have>psoriasis? gentle hugs all around, Marcia in western N>Y>>Note: forwarded message attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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