Hi everyone. I am new here (and newly diagnosed) but wanted to share a little about myself.
A year ago I had lumps on my neck, which after biopsy were thought to be a form of cutaneous lupus. My general practitioner ran a series of blood tests and my ANA was 1:640 anti-centromere.
I went to a rheumatologist 2 weeks later who reran the blood work with a specialty lab - ANA was 1:2560. At this point I had no clinical symptoms and she told me it is possible I may never develop any. I had a baseline Echo and continued life as normal.
A few weeks ago my life was
