Diagnosed

I just got back from the rheumatologist and thought I better write all this down before I forget...

Speaking of forgetting, do you know how embarrassing it is to finally meet your doctor and he says, "Well, I haven't seen you in a while," and you just stare at him with a stupid look and finally ask, "Ummm, have I been in here before?"... to which he replies, "Yeah, it's been what now, a year?"

Apparently I had met and talked with him a year ago but had no recollection. I remember getting some labwork done, but no memory of meeting with a rheumatologist. He must have thought me insane, but he was kind enough not to mention it.

The good thing is, since I had already been there, they had a bunch of bloodwork already done on me and the diagnosis was easy... although not a good one...

I definitely have rheumatoid arthritis and sjogren's syndrome, and they are running more tests to check for lupus...which I do have the antibodies for but not all the symptoms right now... hopefully it stays that way...

I'm glad to finally know that my suspicions were founded at least, and to know what the enemy is so I can work at fighting it.

As far as the memory loss goes, at least now I have an excuse (that's the sjogren's syndrome)...