LUPUS STORIES ~ Chapter Ten ~

LUPUS STORIES ~ Chapter Ten ~

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Lupus Stories ~ Chapter Ten ~

If you are still without a diagnosis, confused and frustrated by the medical run-around, please read through the pages of Issy's LUPUS INFORMATION CENTER. There you will find answers to many of your questions and probably even some you've never considered. Contained within these pages are symptoms, statistics, little-known facts, and common mis-conceptions. There may even be something there for those of you who have already been diagnosed! I believe you will find it well worth your time. If you would like to print these pages, The Lupus Information Center is now available in Print-Friendly Pages! Also available is a new section on Social Security Disability Benefits. Be sure to check it out before you apply!

I will post your responses to the Lupus Survey as they are received! Read your post and those of others. Make friends, learn more about your disease, share emotions, and know that all-important sense of belonging. Please share your story with us!

PLEASE NOTE!
I have recently discovered that I have not been receiving all of the responses to this form!! I always reply to each submission within 2-3 days. If you do not receive an e-mail from me within that time period after submitting your response, please
e-mail { IssyMissy } with your story. I don't want to leave anyone out! Thank you and I regret this inconvenience.

If you haven't yet, please be sure to see what you can do to help support
H.R. 762
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If you are interested, you may read my own personal lupus story here.

I'm Really Not Crazy!

53) ~ Cynthia D. ~
"This may sound unusual but actually being diagnosed with lupus has been liberating for me. I went through a dozen doctors who labeled all my various symptoms as being clearly psychiatric or stress related. It took me nearly ten years to find the team of specialists I have now. It is funny about Lupus, but the list of doctors we meet grows..."
Read:

Here!

54) ~ Pam C. ~
"...I just want to say to heck with it and not worry about it. Yet, I just don't feel good at all and everyday is a struggle. Then, especially reading your story, I'm Really Not Crazy! makes me want to not give up. I want to get treatment before I have any permanent damage. I just feel so helpless and that there is no one I can turn to. However, your story was an inspiration for me and I appreciate you taking the time to listen."
Read

Here

55) ~ Suzanne Mc. ~
"Lupus, MS, or crazy?... This is a long story and it's hard to know where to begin. Yet, I just need someone to listen so badly. This covers a lot of signs and symptoms, and maybe some of your readers will be able to relate or have answers. We all need to know we aren't alone in this..."
Read:

Here!

56) ~ Mary S. ~
"...And then a female doctor said, "You know, this kind of looks like Lupus. But you have to have over 4 of the symptoms of Lupus before it will be diagnosed as such. You have 3 of the symptoms. So for now, I am just going to call it the "Mary Thing".
So..... here I am walking around, tired and aching because of the "Mary Thing."
Read:

Here!

57) ~ Tonya ~
"...I have to say that I am relieved to know that I am not just lazy. For the last 3 or 4 years I've struggled to live from day to day, thinking I must be the laziest person that had ever lived..."
Read:

Here!

Lupus Stories
Chapter Nine

Lupus Stories
Chapter Eleven

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