Thread:Alexb21/@comment-28380783-20170823225045/@comment-31065373-20170825233207

Hi Linka ,

Good of you to read up, lupus is on the increase as it can be caused by medication but I have had it a long time now , my discoid rash was diagnosed as excema 30 years ago , my breathing problems asthma 20 years ago and back and joint problems as a collapsing spine 15 years ago it's only after I was in hospital for months with what they thought was CPD , which was really scarey as I thought my lungs were on the verge of collapse that a registar who always got the job of drawing my bloods as he had just done his stint in athesthtics decided to run a test they rarely do and it came back positive for lupus so it was amazing that I was diagnosed and they told me I didn't have asthma and all the other things I thought was wrong with me !

I think one of the worst things is I cannot sit outside in sunshine even on a dull day, as it brings on a flare up and also one of the pills I take gives me a predilection to skin cancer , so I'm stuck in all summer.

The papers are full of people defrauding the system, what people don't realise is the DWP and there admin private company Atos do not get medical opinions when you claim so if lie and you say have basic arthritis that can really vary from mild to servere they get away with it. But for those like me who tell the truth they are not interested in confirming how lupus affects your life, so we went to court and I had to pay to get medical reports and medical records , but as I did there was a doctor on the panel of judges so it worked out for me.

Ooh a whole collection to run at one I have never done that ! Thank you so much xx getting lex pad out so I can run through while typing xx