Recent content by caramel1988

so the supplement u got didn’t seem to help? hmm ever thought of seeking a second opinion from another doctor or something?

when’s your next appointment with dr sheila? hopefully the joint pain will be gone by then. must be quite unsettling to deal with it when there’s no definite answers as to why you are feeling this way. ya antibiotics always make my stomach sick. esp Augmentin! hate that stuff haha.

hi there! thanks for remembering and checking on me :) dr sheila said the results are ok, just that the anti-Ro is still very high. she said it won’t go away, but all other markers are fine :) how about you? how have you been feeling?

i’m sorry to hear that life has been very upsetting for you because of your health. sounds very difficult to get by day after day when anxiety takes over you. thanks for your well wishes. i can’t be cured of lupus, can only hope that it remains in remission, and one day perhaps i don’t have to...

i didn’t have these pains but i rmb feeling very anxious and fearful too. anxiety can cause chest pains etc so try to do some relaxing activities and see if it goes away? do meditation, have a massage, go for a quick getaway etc

oh good that there’s no inflammation. could it be that u are coming down with a cold? go see a gp to get some meds?

im seeing her every 3 months or so now. also need to do blood test before seeing her. just did blood test couple of days ago and will be seeing her mid march. you have a restful weekend!

yea i certainly didn’t expect the diagnosis to be lupus. i even went to a dermatologist at first cos i thought the facial rash was some post partum rash. quite a rude shock for me when the blood tests came back abnormal. keeping my fingers crossed for u too, and hope everything turns out well...

ahh seek a second opinion with another doc? i’m sure there are some other good rheumatologists around. dr sheila’s wait time is quite long cos of her many patients. mine took quite a lot of blood tests and even a skin biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. it was hard to accept at first esp when i...

sounds like your blood test results are not too bad which is a good thing. ya maybe it’s just a temporary condition. try to rest whenever u can, and do more relaxing things. jiayou!

dr sheila said mine was early lupus. i had to take steroids cos my WBC was very low. i don’t have to take steroids anymore for now. oh dear u sound like u are in quite a lot of discomfort. hopefully the ultrasound can shed some light on your condition. are u a working mum?

ya i feel ok now, the steroids work very fast in alleviating the joint pain, so i felt better after a couple of days of starting the meds. now no longer on steroids, am taking plaquenil and vitamin d. hope you feel better soon. dr sheila not able to give you steroids or anti inflammatory meds...

that must be very demoralising for u, esp when u want to have another baby soon.. are u put on any medications?

hopefully so! may you be able to TTC successfully soon too.

strange that your ANA results can differ so much.. my diagnosis was based on a series of blood tests. i was then put on Plaquenil and prednisolone, but now only taking Plaquenil. not trying for another baby now but may consider in the future. i am supposed to take a blood test that tests for...