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Jennifer1084
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Default Feb 22, 2008 at 03:07 PM
 
I have been dealing with alot of different symptoms mainly since I was assaulted in May. My lymph nodes in my face swelled up and are still swollen, that was the first indicator. Then I got really tired and really achy. I have been put through so many tests and doctors. I saw my regular doctor and then she refered me to ENT and they finally ended up doing a biopsy on the lymph node to check it out, cause a needle biopsy came back not right, so they removed the lymph node, which then got infected and was in hosptal for a few days. But since may I have been battling these times of extreme pain and tiredness and it has hit me yet again, there are times when it seems it gets better, but they have no clue what's going on. Went to infectious disease doctor, nothing. But now I will be seeing a rheumatologist eventually. I had some tests come back positive recently the ANA (antinuclear antibodies) test and the CRP (c-reactive protein) come back elevated. this all scares me, I did some research and those tests usually come back with lupus and I just wonder if the assault in May triggered all that. For those of you who don't know, I was severely sexually assaulted and almost died and had many problems from it, they had to do emergency surgery and it took 3 months of wound care everyday for my incision to get to a point I didn' have to go anymore because it got infected.
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