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Originally Posted by paperboutique
Have you been checked for Lupus?
They should be testing your RF (rheumatoid factor) and your anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA).
Good luck.
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Yeah, they've checked me for the biggies (RA, lupus) more than once.
TSH ( thyroid panel )
CBC
Complete Metabolic panel
Lipid Panel (cholesterol)
Iron and TIBC
Vitamine B12 and Folate
Hgb A1C (diabetes risk test)
Rheumatoid Arthritis Factor
CCP IgG antibodies (another arthritis test)
Antinuclear Antibodies Direct
Uric Acid
Sedimentation Rate
Ferritin (this was to continually help rule out my previous diagnosis of Still's Disease)
C-Reactive Protein
FSH and LH (some hormone)
Of all of those this time, they all came back good except my cholesterol, sed rate, and that CRP. It's not THAT my CRP was high that she's concerned about but rather that is SO high. Like off the charts high.
I'm sure they'll get to the bottom of it...I'm glad that something is correlating with how bad my joints feel
I feel a tiny bit of validation, kwim?
I've been struggling with this for 5 years now (ever since I had a really bad case of fifth's disease as an adult) and what I have learned is that autoimmune disorders are diagnosed by process of elimination. And that there are over 700 of them. *sigh* !