I saw a NEW RHEUMIE today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ent to see my new rheumie today, I'd been waiting months since I fired the last one.

I like him.  He wears a cute little bowtie.  He said it meant something that I have immune complexes interfering with my ANA labs lately and is sending me to an immunologist.
He said my kidneys need a biopsy to make sure they are ok now and really in remission.  He said with all my issues I need more help than just high doses of prednisone and put me on cellcept.

Bingo.  He hit my 3 main concerns all on his own.  Now THAT's a doctor.  The other one can go join his other little duck friends ...quack quack quack...  ;)

I'm so glad I went.  It was over an hour away and I left home at 6am without coffee.  I'm trying to catch up with that deficiency now.  Blessed be caffeine.

I should have switched doctors sooner!  Please if you are not comfortable with your doc or your treatment, see another one.  It doesn't mean the next opinion is the RIGHT one, but it may open some doors for you that previously were closed!  Do it!  I have a very good feeling about this one!!!

Laughing Out Loud About LUPUS!

Sonya said outloud what most of us with chronic conditions feel!  It’s SO SO true!  How many times do you find yourself answering “FINE” when your asked how you feel?  Doesn’t matter you just spent a week in bed sick or feel awful, you just say “fine”!

Sonya Dickerson wrote a book about her lupus and it’s hi-larious!  She has an unassuming way of “letting you in on the joke”!  I’m really enjoying it and I know you will too!  The book is called “Diary of A Sick Chick, A Year in the Life of a Chronically Ill Woman” by Sonya Dickerson.  Click on the photo to order the kindle version.  If you don’t have a kindle (like me) you can download kindle cloud for FREE from Amazon and just read it on your desktop or laptop!  Also you can check out Supermodel (Sonya's) blog at Tumblr!