momof1's Journal

Hi Everyone I am a 29year old female who was finally diagnosed with Lupus approx. 4yrs ago. I have went through enourmous amounts of testing so if anyone has any questions regarding a test you are going to get I have probably been there. My story is very long but I will try and summarize it for you guys. I got pregnant around April of 2001, and had a beautiful healthy daughter in January of 2002, I had a really rough pregnancy, I vomited 24-7, was on an Iv for awhile, so on, I started feeling better around 71/2 mos and carried her a total of 8mos, My delivery was a breeze so that was good. I chose to breastfeed, and after having my child I was so exhausted all of the time, I blamed it on having a baby and breastfeeding, then my right foot started hurting really bad on top and I assumed I had injured it in some way, I took Motrin for awhile which did not help much so I decided to go see an Orthepedic Doctor to get an x-ray to make sure I had not fractured my foot in some way, the x-rays were normal he give me a funny looking boot to wear for a few weeks and some celebrex and sent me on my way, it worked my foot did get better, but I was still having a hard time with fatigue which really didn't concern me much at the time I assumed it was normal with a new baby. Then my husband and I at the time went out one evening with friends, it was the first time I had left my daughter for a few hours my mom came into town and let us have a date night I guess you could say. We went out and had a nice evening we even danced a little. I never have been a drinker not even socially so when I woke up the next morning and had trouble getting up and down the steps I found it kind of concerning but not enough to say anything to anyone but I thought to myself oh I hope I am not getting RA or Ms, or that Lupus thing in which I have somewhat been in the medical field all of my life so I guess that is why the autoimmune was first to come to mind that day, I did get better. My husband to a new job we moved, the company he took a job with put us in the Residence in for a month or so which was interesting with a new child coming from a pretty big house, then they put us in a crummy apartment for a few more months until we could find some realestate to purchase, we look for a good while, found a perfect house, My mom came into town to help organize everything and help with my daughter while I was trying to get everything in order so we could somewhat get back to a normal life. After working in the house putting away things and organizing all day, that night my ankles started hurting so bad and immediatly I started thinking autoimmune again, took Motrin no more symptoms. I will continue this at a later date my shoulders are done for the night.