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just_cyd ([personal profile] just_cyd) wrote2003-06-25 11:36 am

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Saw the rheumatologist today. he never outright said "yes, you have lupus" but he did say he wants to get an accurate diagnosis before we begin treatment, so we use the RIGHT treatment, so i suppose it was implied that i know i have lupus of some sort.

he did a bunch of stuff, asked a bunch of questions, drew blood, and is sending me off for more tests (EMG on my hands, xrays of my hips and knees). my follow-up isn't until 7/23, although i was assured that i would be able to get in sooner than that.

Dr said i need to quit taking advil while i'm taking the voltaren, that i should use tylenol. odd, because both the patient info sheet and a pharmacist friend said that there was no problem with advil, that i should avoid tylenol. of course, tylenol doesn't do squat for pain for me (although it's great for fevers).

still haven't told my family anything. probably should, at some point.

[identity profile] queensheba.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't Voltaren one of the Transformers?

No, wait - that was Voltron:)

[identity profile] cjsmith.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
he never outright said "yes, you have lupus" but he did say he wants to get an accurate diagnosis before we begin treatment, so we use the RIGHT treatment, so i suppose it was implied that i know i have lupus of some sort.

Or maybe something that presents kinda like lupus, but isn't? Could he mean that too?

******hugs******

[identity profile] just-cyd.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm sure that's what he means. there's like a dozen connective tissue / auto-immune disease variations out there, with Lupus being just one.

he didn't give me any inidication as to what the treatment might be, so i'm still facing a great big unknown. blech.