Long day, long visit...

The dr was very nice and thorough. She said between the malar rash which looks very much like lupus, the ulcers in the mouth she said because they are on the tongue and roof of mouth are both tell tale signs. When she asked me about previous stuff I mentioned the solar keratosis my gp had seen about a month ago, she looked at it and said it looks like keratosis that is seen in systematic lupus eureth?? ( i have no idea what she said. And she also said that celiac and lupus are often seen together as well as celiac with other autoimmune diseases.

She went over my whole history which took a long time, but she said there were lots of things they need to look at such as the problems I have had with my kidneys and lungs. She thinks it is Pleurisy with the lungs right now, which is also often seen in lupus.

Sooo I got a whole ton of blood work to get done up tomorrow, and chest xrays. She said she will get my gp to send me to an Immunologist, the nearest is about 5 hours away.

I am very tired and I don't know if I am supposed to feel relieved that she thinks that's what it is, or upset cause that sucks a lot. I guess it's something... aside from very ****** genetics.

Shay, thank you, that is exactly what she said about the ana tests. So hopefully this time something shows something. She said they would do more thorough tests.

I have some cortisone cream for the face. She told me to change the light bulbs in my house if I had the new compact energy efficiant bulbs, she said they give off uv rays and can trigger the rashes. Ohh awesome. .that's all I have in my house. Good to know. soon we will all be wearing sunscreen indoors!

Omg I am sooo tired. x.x I am on no meds at all so thankfully at least that doesn't complicate anything.

Love you guys, thank you for the well wishes