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10/21/2008 18:09
jjill
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 Hello everyone, I just wanted to say Hi and that I have been diagnosed for 13 years, first started having symptoms back in college. I am currently in remission but am suffering from a loss in kidney function. Also suffer from mental illness. I would like to meet others in the group so please say Hi to me if you like.
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10/23/2008 11:49
justintime
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 HI I WAS TOLD THAT I TOO HAVE LUPUS ALWAYS KNEW SOMTHING WAS WRONG, HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR KIDNEY NOT WORKING RIGHT?
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10/23/2008 18:00
huskylover
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 Hello. I don't know what exactly I have wrong (RA, lupus, fibro or something else). I just know that I'm in pain and have other symptoms. I know I don't feel right and that something is wrong. Now we just have to figure out what is wrong.
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10/23/2008 18:53
jjill
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 To Justintime, Hi it's jjill, anyway when I had my first blood clot back in 1995 the first thing that the doctors found was that I had kidney damage but this was before I was diagnosed with Lupus. Anyway they determine how my kidneys are working by doing urine tests. Right now my kidneys are only functioning 59% so there really isn't much I can do except take the medicine and limit my salt and fluid intake.
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10/24/2008 11:03
fibroforever
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 Sorry to hear about your troubles. Youza! Definitely not fun!

Have they talked about a transplant?

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." ~Unknown
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