Hi Andrea, I just came across your page and I can totally relate to your story, I was reading your posts between you and Christine and I am struggling with my rheumatologist between Psoriatic arthritis or Lupus disease. You should join my group I started called M.A.D. for people with multiple autoimmune diseases. I’ve noticed that a lot of people on AW seem to have two or more autoimmune diseases. Well besides all of these problems I hope everything else is going great for you. Take Care!

Thanks Andrea!

Hi Andrea, yes I'm very much praising the Lord this day! I had read something about the fish oil too, so I had a few up in the cupboard and started taking one a day, I am out but will go buy some more, I know that fish oil is so good for us in so many other ways, I'm glad to start something I should have been taking anyways...this just gives me more incentive. My eyes are better, but can't cry still, and seemed to get a bit worse, think I was slacking on the artificial tears, as long as I can see, to work and do what I need to. I'm ok with where I'm at right now, I know that
God is in control, and it is in his loving hands...God bless you again Andrea!

Hi Andrea, thank you so much for the prayer, you and others have been so faithful, My test came back negative for Sjogrens and I am so relieved, they do not have and answer for the eyes, but right now I don't care, I made a deal with God, that I would strive to not always think the worse, every time something weird happens to me, I always think its some horrid auto-immune disease, Ive been in fear of them for so long, I'm so crazy about it, when the soles of my feet became supper itchy, and still are, I found a awful disease called primary biliary cirrhosis, and was just sure I had that, (you basically die from liver failure) when I got a bad pneumonia that took 4 months to clear and left me with Asthma, a pulmonologist told me she believed I had Sarcoidosis, (an auto immune that causes your lungs to fail) now every time something rears it's ugly head I'm sure it's because of that. Talk about a spiritual attack. Its almost turned me into a hypochondriac, I'm going to do my best to move on past this, I just keep praying that these crazy symptoms I keep having will quit doing a number on me, and sending me into a tailspin. The niece that I told you about talked to me today and said, the test will probably come back negative, mine always do too, she struggles with fear too. Again thank you Andrea, I will pray for you again tonight.

Thank you so much Andrea, so sorry to hear about the Lupus, My niece was told she had lupus a few years back, her ANA levels were unbelievable, she was sent to a specialist who gave her the diagnosis, low and behold she has been told you don't have lupus now, and her blood levels are normal, so as you can imagine Lupus was in the back of my mind, I have read that Lupus and Sjogren's run hand in hand a lot of time, funny my niece has alot of symptoms of Sjogren's too, her eyes get dry at times, not quite like mine (tearless) but her salivary glands keep swelling?? They took a bunch of blood from me on Friday, and I'm expecting to hear this week sometime of the results, honestly I hope I don't have Sjogrens, and my eyes are doing much better, although cant cry still :-( I feel like alot of the things that go wrong with me are weird, I bet you feel the same, sometimes, everyone I've told about my eyes are so shocked, oh my gosh they say "I've never heard of such a thing" just what they all say about my Alopecia...frankly I've never heard of anyone whose eyes were so dry they couldn't cry tears either, lol oh by the way I saw the film that Chris Rock did too about Good hair, my goodness it sickened me that these women were "sacrificing" their hair literally at the temple, and the guy would go gather it all up and cash in on it, I think they use Indian hair primarily to make wigs? I didn't see the whole film, but got me thinking too. Thank you again for the response to my dilemma, have an awesome day, I hope you are doing well, thank you for the prayer, I'm sending up one for you, that God will heal you!

Hey Andrea! How have you been? Haven't seen you around AW in quite a while. I hope you are doing well. How's your regrowth coming along?

Keep looking up! :)

hi Andrea, thanks for the add, its nice to meet people who understand this.

Thanks a lot Andrea for sharing your story with me. It is true the guy will love me for who I am and not for what I look like, and if not, then he is not worth it. I am sure the problem is not him, but me, being so uncomfortable with my situation, like being ashamed. Some other time, I'm just like whatever, nobody cares about that, my parents my friends they love me and they don't care, so it should just be the same for him...if not then: next one ;-) I love this website because it helps to share how you feel with other and to hear other people stories! Thanks again!