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Virgo1947

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Fibromyalgia, Lupus?? Possible Vascular Rash
Posted: 07-21-06 21:44pm

I'm new just today. I'm a middle-aged woman, a young 58, almost 59 and I started out with discolouration of both my feet which I thought was a tan from the previous summer but my spouse said tans fade from year to year.
My doctor referred me to a physical medicine doctor and he questioned me seeing him, only because I had a morning appointment with my rheumatologist, same city and my doctor thought, i'm going to be in the same city for my morning appointment, so why not try this new doctor for an afternoon appointment. So, I went to see him and he questioned me being there and why would my doctor send me to see him. So, anyway, once again, I had x-rays done of my feet.
It was almost nine long months or more before I phoned the radiologist to find out what was going on, why hadn't he returned my doctor's calls. And she told me the same thing. I tried one more time and the receptionist at the radiologist's office, told me I had mild arterial calcification of my right heel, artherosclerosis, even.
Still no answers, so went to see a dermatologist in another city and he just gave me a cursory examination and said I had "leaky" veins, I suppose, meaning capillaries, so suggested the radiologist.
Then a long wait period and I was recommended to a general surgeon (i thought he was a vascular specialist) but he sent me, by way of my walk-in clinic, to another doctor, this one an internist. He saw nothing wrong with either my feet or my legs, that I should be monitored between he and my doctor. I've had this rash beginning sometime this year, maybe early summer.
I subscribe to a website site and I saw the words, help i've got a rash, clicked that on a read through many links about one's skin, the top layer, the second layer and on down and i've come to the conclusion, possibly, that I have a vascular rash which might have something to do with connective tissue disease, somewhere throught my top layers of skin.
I've had fibromyalgia for about two years and i'm going to start checking out lupus.
I don't believe a rash on one's inner arms, thighs and legs, appears for no reason.
I do know that the vein problem I have with my feet is because of valves that don't work right and blood in these veins, flows in the wrong direction and so, i've been wearing these support pantyhose, recommended by a dermatologist only they're considerably snug and that's at the lightest possible compression.
My jury's out right now and so, I continue to do my own research.
Anyone have any ideas?
By the way, just so you all know, i'm from canada but heck, health problems are the same regardless of the country one is from.
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prbboz

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Posted: 12-15-06 01:02am

Hi, my story is a little different and dont know if I will be much help. This is my first time here and I have been diagnosed with lupus for 12 yrs now. All of a sudden my last ana lab showed a negative result. This has never happened and it may be a fluke so they are re doing the lab. However, my rhem. Dr. Is now bringing up possible fibromyalgia. I am new to this idea and am trting to get some info on it. But you questioned the rash on you legs and feet. I know with lupus you can have rashes that last a long time. They are sometimes raised under the skin and almost look like broken blood vessels. The famous butterfly rash across the bridge of the nose and across both cheeks is the most obvios lupus rash. So yes, please check out the lupus rash and get a doctor to run an ana lab test. My first symptom of lupus was a rash from my throat down to the trunk of my body. The doctor I saw had never seen anything like it before and had to look in a book to give it a name. It lastest about 8 weeks. Once the rash disapeared then other symptoms started to show up. Mostly joint pain. Fevers, and stiffness in my knees. The most bothersome symptom for me was how tired I became. All of a sudden I could not pick my head up off the steering wheel to drive home from work. It is a very scarry feeling trying to drive home and fighting to stay awake long enough to get home.
How long have you had fibro? I am wondering what the major complicatiom are. Right now I dont know anything about it,
hope I was able to help some.
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