Hi everyone, I've had eye surgeons tell me for years that because of lupus &
anti-phospholipid syndrome, they're very hesitant to do lasik because of
possible scarring (my eyes are really bad). I recently learned of a new
procedure, ortho-K, sometimes called CRT.Unlike Lasik, ...

I AM NEW TO THE GROUP AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CHAT WITH SOME ONE WHO
HAS LUP
IS.
   STEVE

I went to my local GP as I had acute abdominal pain. He sent me to have
an X-Ray on my chest as well as one of my stomach. Well, the results
showed that I had Diverticulitis (Very painful) but the chest X-Ray
showed Calcified spots in my lungs.

Just left my hearing test and the results are not good. Doc noticed lupus on
my history and remarked that lupus can cause certain nerve damage in the
hearing system.  I have another appt later with a lupus doc, but has anyone
here heard of this?

I am a nursing student at the University of Windsor and for one of our
classes we have to conduct an interview with a person who has a chronic
disease.
The purpose of the interview is for us to develop a better understanding

My feet have been hurting.  They swell, ache and throb.
I ice and elevate but they still hurt.
Hubby talked to a woman at work who has lupus and has major feet problems-
500$ orthotics.  I can't imagine my feet hurting my like hands.

Actually I'm stoned.  The trigeminal neuralgia became unbearable and after
days without sleep my daughter convinced me to call the doc. He's set me up
with a neurologist - haven't seen one of those in a million years. Until
then he has me on some heavy pain med. Yes, it's keeping ...