Granddaughter Has WG

[andrew]

Ditto as well

[Carol]

I'm always surprised on this forum to see how many people have biopsys done to see if they have this disease. When I had big purply black lesions on my hand they did a biopsy - cut a cirlce of tissue out of the middle of it and it came back negative. The rheumatolist worked it out without any further biopsys, with the anca and the white spots of my lungs. So the question is are all those traumatic biopsys necessary?

[Sangye]

A positive biopsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis. If symptoms are obvious and you respond to treatment, they sometimes don't pursue a biopsy. Biopsies can be false-negative.

Cindy--Any news about Katie?

[cwcindylou]

Is there anymore news on Katie?

[Grandma2Katie]

Good news everyone. Katie got to go home on Thursday!! She has 10 prescriptions and instructions to be back on Monday for more tests but she made it home for now. Her lungs are clear. Her kidneys are not what the doctors were hoping for but they are good enough so that she will not need dialysis for now. Her BUN level had to come down before the doctors would let her leave. Things are looking better. Hopefully, Monday's tests will be good and she can return home.

BTW, Grandma has been down with an arthritis flare. I got out of bed Monday morning and by lunchtime I could barely walk. Saw the doctor on Wednesday. Pain meds and anti-inflamatory helped until I had a reaction to the anti-inflamtory. Had to stop that med. Hopefully, I won't regress too much before Monday.

Hope you all are feeling great!

Cindy

[Doug]

A tip of the hat to the team that brought her home! Get some sleep, now, Cindy! (Again thwarted by the four emoticon rule- this is a 5-smiley bit of news!)

[crackers]

great news cindy.please keep popping in to see us all and to let us know how she is doing.
john.

[pberggren1]

Stress can bring on any illnes, especially these pesky autoimmune ones. Doug is right Cindy, Get sleep now. And de-stress. Easier said than done of course.

[Sangye]

Yay Katie!!! Once she's home, you won't believe how much better she'll get. Something about being in a hospital makes you lose sight of how much you can actually do.

You take good care of yourself now, okay Cindy? Get something that works well for you, and if it's a pharmaceutical antiinflammatory (even OTC) always take it with a very full stomach.

[jola57]

Wonderful to have Katie home, now is the time to relax and get rid of the tension. Agree with Sangye, take OTC drugs but eat plenty of food with them.