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Jun. 25th, 2003 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
just_cydSaw 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.
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.
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Date: 2003-06-25 12:50 pm (UTC)he didn't give me any inidication as to what the treatment might be, so i'm still facing a great big unknown. blech.