Hello everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself. I am 34, married momma to 3 beautiful kiddos...13 and 8 year old girls and a 2.5 year old pistol of a boy. He is special needs because he was trached at 3 months due to complications from being a 30 week preemie. My road to diagnosis is a long and confusion one. Long story short, I have a saddle nose deformation because my son headbutted me. I went to the ENT because my septum is deviated and was having sinus issues. The doctor dug a little deeper and referred me to some specialists where after several rounds of bloodwork, sinus surgery, scopes, cat scans, biopsies and X-rays they believe I have Wegener's. Also in the running was Relapsing Poly Chondritis. Thankfully, become of my nose injury, they believe it was caught very early. I have no granulomas in my lungs, no kidney issues. My biggest complaint is the shortness of breathe. My airway is reduced about 40% due to inflammation so just walking up the stairs causes me to need a break. I start rituxan infusions on Wednesday. I will have 4 weekly infusions. I've been on 10mg prednisone daily for the last several weeks while waiting for insurance approval on rituxan. Looking forward to reading through the forums and learning more about this complicated disease process.