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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.

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told dad about my current health issues. his idea of sympathy is to blame me in a round-about way, then to offer all this advice based on stuff people have emailed him... as if not eating potatoes (or something similarly insane) will cure me.

i can't say that this is a relief. while i can't be accused of "lying" to him or "hiding" things from him, i'll be subjected to more of his hairbrained solutions.

this is NOT what i want or need. 70 minutes til i can go home, curl up in a ball on the couch, and commence my breakdown. i'm much too emotional/hormonal to deal with all this right now.