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October 2008
Nina: Fibromyalgia, Raynaud's, Limited Scleroderma/CREST That is when I found ISN! The volume of reliable, informative, trusted information that I found on this site completely overwhelmed me...
Wade: Scleredema vs Scleroderma At first look, my doctor thought I might have scleroderma, but after doing blood work, they said my tests came back negative...
Mendyon: Mother-in-Law of CREST Patient Unfortunately, as I sit here writing this letter my husband and I are faced with some grim circumstances. She is currently losing her battle to CREST syndrome...
Rhonda L: Systemic Scleroderma I have recently been diagnosed with sclerodema, and am still trying to wrap my brain around this...
Joan B: Scleroderma and Raynaud's One day in 2000, I was raking leaves and my hands were really cold. I went into the house in pain and my hands looked like I had frostbite...
(Update) Donna: CREST, Raynaud's, possible Fibromyalgia It is now one and a half weeks since I had the iloprost infusion and I am very happy to say that my pain has gone in my hands...
Alina: Scleroderma CREST Syndrome This site is very helpful as I have been reading articles of people with my condition and can relate to what they are going through...
Star S: Morphea and Systemic Scleroderma I was diagnosed with morphea at age seven. Now at age thirty-three, I have recently developed systemic scleroderma with gastrointestinal manifestations, Sjogren's syndrome, inflammatory arthritis, malabsorption...
Merry: Deep Morphea They diagnosed it as localized morphea however they did not treat or elaborate...
(Update) Tami: Morphea Scleroderma I have, of course, had to give up working, which is okay because I know that I was not able to give my patients my full attention because I didn't feel good. I am an X-ray technician...
(Update) Amanda: Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis It’s been just over a year since I took home the diagnosis of scleroderma, and I may as well have taken home a dozen chimps—they would have been less disruptive and more productive...
Lucy's Mum: Mother of a Linear Scleroderma Patient I googled 'my daughter has thinning hard skin' and this sclero.org web site came up...
Kay: Linear Morphea Scleroderma I saw a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic who included me in Grand Rounds where every dermatologist at the clinic got to see my patches...
Dorothy: Scleroderma CREST For this reason I convened a support group in South Africa to help encourage many others with scleroderma...
New Personal Stories
Alana: Scleroderma (Peru) I cannot open my mouth completely, I have lost strength in my hands, I have breathing problems, my face looks different, my skin is really tight and I have lost my appetite...
(Español/Spanish) Alana: Paciente Nuevo con Esclerodermia (Peru) Le dije que ya no podía abrir la boca completamente, he perdido la fuerza de las manos, tengo problemas respiratorios, mi rosto está diferente, mi piel está dura y he perdido casi el apetito...
Kristy C: Generalized Morphea The only place where I do not have any morphea is my face, which I am very thankful for...
(Update) Raymond: Surviving Son of Scleroderma Patient On October 19th, the Herbert family lost another member of the family to scleroderma. My uncle Edmond has passed on...
Sharon H: Scleroderma/Morphea It has been thirty-two years living with this and it has progressively gotten much worse and has spread...
Teena: En Coup De Sabre My mother and I went to Johns Hopkins Hospital. They did what was called 'Grand Rounds' where about fifty doctors were looking at me taking pictures and videotaping me...
More New Stories: November 2008
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