Question:
Hi Everyone! I don’t have time today to go through and respond to everyone’s posts, but I hope to get to them by the end of the week. I am on the re-write now of my thesis and will be sitting here at my computer for the week. Your posts will be a welcome break when I need one! Good news – I have a wonderful new Rheumatologist. He is a good listener and takes a very holistic approach. He is calling what I have sub-clinical lupus. I am not sure exactly what he means by that – but I am assumming it means I meet some of the criteria but not all. It was so refreshing to have a doctor look at me with compassion and say that he wants to help me. 
And I have a new oral surgeon who is looking into doing surgery on my jaw joing and relieve some of this face pain. (which would be welcome!) That is a quick update for you. I will be lurking for the week as I write, write, and write some more. Three weeks and I am done… And as always, know that I appreciate your kindness. Stephanie
Response:
Hi Steph! So glad you like your new RD. I couldn’t find anything about subclinical Lupus, other than it just being a term – no definitions, per se. Maybe someone will know what this means. I hope so, cuz now you have me wondering too. : ) Good luck with the thesis! Gosh, you really did it, didn’t you?! So proud of you! Does your offer for therapy still stand? LOL! I think I may need some. (Y’all better not respond to that!) HugsHun, Maggie
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Sure — I will give the free therapy I think we ALL could use some! I think my doc was just saying I didn’t meet full criteria. He kept saying. "It’s tricky." So I guess I am tricky. Always wanted to be tricky 
Steph "Maggie" <JD…@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:3289-40B4252C-184@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Steph! > So glad you like your new RD. I couldn’t find anything about > subclinical Lupus, other than it just being a term – no definitions, per > se. Maybe someone will know what this means. I hope so, cuz now you > have me wondering too. : ) > Good luck with the thesis! Gosh, you really did it, didn’t you?! So > proud of you! Does your offer for therapy still stand? LOL! I think I > may need some. (Y’all better not respond to that!) > HugsHun, > Maggie
Response:
Hi! So glad to ear from you and especially with good news!!! How much it helps to have a doc we can relate to and with! Compassion is half the battle Leslie "Stephanie Townsend" <ler…@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ad8c0$40b3bde8$42a7ed6d$14042@msgid.meganewsservers.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Everyone! > I don’t have time today to go through and respond to everyone’s posts, but I > hope to get to them by the end of the week. I am on the re-write now of my > thesis and will be sitting here at my computer for the week. Your posts will > be a welcome break when I need one! > Good news – I have a wonderful new Rheumatologist. He is a good listener and > takes a very holistic approach. He is calling what I have sub-clinical > lupus. I am not sure exactly what he means by that – but I am assumming it > means I meet some of the criteria but not all. It was so refreshing to have > a doctor look at me with compassion and say that he wants to help me. > And I have a new oral surgeon who is looking into doing surgery on my jaw > joing and relieve some of this face pain. (which would be welcome!) > That is a quick update for you. I will be lurking for the week as I write, > write, and write some more. Three weeks and I am done… And as always, > know that I appreciate your kindness. > Stephanie
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