Hi there- new to this group It was a God send… Finally a place where people not only know how to say it/spell it but live with it
I am 35 married mother of 3 beautiful young kids. The PA started 12 years ago with chronic plantar fascitis (4 years). It was very devastating, as I had been on of Canada’s top runners- and suddenly could not walk without pain for years and years. LOnnnnnnnnnnnng story short I was finally diagnosed 2.5 years ago when the symptoms accelerated and started debilitating me from every direction. I am on metho, sulpha’ and naproxen. Oh- as well as iron ( chronic anemia) and the slew of other supplements that we buy ( instead of other nice vacations we could do each year
I also have Restless Leg syndrome, and Raynaud’s syndrome and as of today- ta-daaaaaaaaaaaa :Vitiligo. Better known as the “Michael Jackson” disease. It is an AI disease that changes the pigment of your skin. HONESTLY- do you ever feel like enough is enough? Between the disease itself, the side effects of it, the side effects of the medications, and all the other AI diseases that seem to hang around like groupies- some days it just seems to much.
The hardest thing for me is to grasp the genetic links of it all as Iook at my sweet babies. My faith is my rock- He is my anchor- but OH does that storm ever blow strong sometimes…
Just venting to those that I KNOW understand. Keep up the good fight friends!! One day- er- one minute for me right now- at a time…