Glad to be diagnosed

[renidrag]

Once again, could I "like" this post twice, heck, three times. Happy for you. And family
Dale

[annekat]

So happy to hear your good news, Geoff! As it happens, we were both dx'ed in April, although mine was three years later in 2011. Although I believe I actually had Wegs in 2008. In any case, you are a great example to all of us, and I'm coming along right behind you!

[Geoff]

Cheers Guys, you put a smile on my face!

Now as for that pint vdub, we need to reduce the miles between us! You coming this way or will it wait until I get to you??

[vdub]

Well, I was sort of thinking of doing both! :-)

[Debbie C]

SOOOOOO Happy for you Geoff,its been a long time coming so you are right to rejoice. Good luck with the taper

[BookNut]

Great news Geoff!

[Geoff]

Got the Atlas out yesterday vdub and planned the route....... its on!! (next year, god willing )

[MikeG-2012]

As it happens, we were both dx'ed in April, although mine was three years later in 2011.

April for me too you two--2012 for me.

[annekat]

April for me too you two--2012 for me.

I think someone on here was dx'ed the same month and year as I, April 2011.... just can't think who at the moment. I do know that I'm more likely to flare in the winter, and winter of 2011 is when I got sick enough to be dx'ed.... it just took until April for it to actually happen.

[MikeG-2012]

I think someone on here was dx'ed the same month and year as I, April 2011.... just can't think who at the moment. I do know that I'm more likely to flare in the winter, and winter of 2011 is when I got sick enough to be dx'ed.... it just took until April for it to actually happen.

I caught a nasty upper respiratory infection that January, and had the nasty croup cough for more than 3 months. Finally, I went to the the ER because I had aspirated one of the lung lesions and I was coughing up blood. Docs at the ER couldn't believe that my other docs just kept prescribing steroids and cough suppressants, and told me I wasn't sick enough to have wegs. Guess what, I have a new team of docs now! (-8 Had them since the hospital stay in 2012 and have had great care ever since.

I think we have diagnosis in the early spring because of some trivial cold or cough that is persistent and then the disease has a chance to run us down enough by March/April to take over fully. Like you Anne, I now know I had this for about 4 years prior to diagnosis, but docs were not communicating with each other about my symptoms and treatments. <sigh>