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| October 2007 |
| (Update) Kristen: Diffuse Scleroderma I didn't think that I would make it through even the first five years. If you read the medical books, they are all full of doom and gloom. But, hey, here I am... |
| Sarah H: Linear Scleroderma When I was very young, two or three years old, my mom started to notice that the top of my scalp was changing... |
| Susan L: Diffuse Scleroderma I first noticed the swelling in my hands and feet shortly after my daughter was born in 2005, and thought that it was post-pregnancy fluid... |
| Emma C: Living with Localized Morphea Some of my earliest childhood memories are of my mother taking me to see doctors who were baffled by the strange marks on my back... |
| Julie H: Sjogren's Syndrome, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and Peripheral Neuropathy I am in pain all of the time, have trouble sleeping, and if I do not take a muscle relaxer every night, I will not be able to turn my head the next day... |
| Francia: Undiagnosed I have a lot of pain in the back of my neck and problems with my throat when I eat... |
| Allen's Mom: Son has Scleroderma With his tightness of skin he has a very hard time bending, walking up the stairs and for the most part he cannot walk for more than a few minutes without his legs giving out... |
| Irina: Polymyositis When I was nine I had my tonsils removed by surgery. Immediately after the operation I experienced muscle weakness and I had no strength to do everyday things as simple as walking or even getting up from bed... |
| Joshua: Morphea My morphea doesn't look like most. In fact, it looks almost star-shape, mostly because it is in lines and not a solid shape. It is not hard either, so my fear is that it could be keloid morphea... |
| (Update) Jill K: Lupus with GAVE (Watermelon Stomach) I have now been diagnosed with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (originally I was told I had Lupus.)... |
| (Update) Doni: CREST Syndrome I had my finger amputated in August, 2005, and then again in August 2006. The first time they didn't take enough off the finger, so it abscessed again... |
| Tata P: Diffuse Scleroderma I am thirty-two years old, and I have been suffering this illness since I was nine... |
| (Español/Spanish) Tata P: Esclerodermia Difusa Hola, tengo 32 años, y padezco esta enfermedad desde los 9... |