I called tonight and talked to her husband. She's gone through surgery;
everything went well. She's home and she's feeling no pain tonight as she is
still numb from the surgery.  She's sleeping. She's got pain meds available
when she needs them. Hubby is doing a good job babying her ...

I was first diagnosed with Lupus in 1993. I was living in Adelaide,
South Australia, at the time and the weather down here can get quite
cold. I have Sjorgrens, discoid as well as the usual constant fatigue
and the good old pains in all joints. I have lost the sight in my left

Surgery is the 28th, Monday on this foot.  Please keep my in your prayers so
that this is going to work and no complications.
I am not too worried but surgery has a way of making me "nervous"....if you
get my drift LOL

I went to see a new GP yesterday, what a lovely man,  I was seeing him for
new insulin as they've stopped making my favourite one!!  After sorting out
the main thing, I cautiously mentioned Lupus and how ill I am feeling and
all the symptoms that point to it being Lupus, he was ...

Thank you to all of you for these wonderful birthday wishes!
Well, it's after midnight here,
So I guess I can chug-a-lug and shout.
Also bang a gong and get it on,

Gee.  This doesn't sound like an acceptable answer.  If you ask a
cardiologist what causes a myocardial infarction, they tell you a
bloodclot of some sort in the heart arteries.  Ditto for any other
number of medical conditions.

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We're gonna stimulate some action;
After midnigh,, we're gonna party on down.

and yet I got lucky enought to get both Lupus and APS, but no one for
the last 3-4 gen ever had anything like this.they had every other
disease but not this one,Tina

As mentioned earlier, I've been diagnosed with discoid lupus.  Still
trying to figure out what causes this.  So far, I haven't been able to
come up with a satisfactory answer (or any answer, for that matter).
Anyone know of any definitive answer to this question?

Can Reynauds affect these organs ? Hope

How does it effect kidneys? Hope

I know most of the posters here don't have this form but, maybe someone
has come across somthing somewhere.
I am sick of my skin (literally)I would like my face back.I know I'm
lucky not to have any organ involvement. Just what i call

When I click on replt,It shows me your messages. Do I remove your
messages or is there a way to get a blank page? and on my topic I will
say 3new out of six messages. How do I get to the rest of the messages
from the fist page. thanks. sunshine

Thank you all for the advice! And now I don't feel so alone wit
this.I've viewed all your messages and have asked my doc for
oxycotin.I'm also going to start meditation classes then pain relief
mangnmt classes. Ive been lookin into alternative medicines.Ive already

Well, I saw neurologist #3 last Wednesday, at which time he said that
he was going to look at the raw data from the EMG and then call on
Thursday afternoon or Friday to schedule whatever testing he deemed
appropriate. When I had not heard from him on Friday afternoon, I