Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. This results in symptoms such as inflammation, swelling, and damage to joints, skin, kidneys, blood, the heart, and lungs.
In 2013, when I went home (back to my childhood homeland) with my family (husband and two kids) was my happiest decision to stay closer to my parents for good.
Our life seemed good enough to have a good life. My husband found a good job just a walking distance to our home. I had no job since I prefer to focus taking care of my little kids. I did mostly of household chores, basically washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning (a typical housewife). I love everything I did back then.
After a few months, I just can't imagine to feel something uneasy in my health. I found sleeping so hard, as far as I can remember, there were days passed that I only slept for 1 hour, a times successive sleepless nights. Sleepless made me so stressed that resulted to have swelling and pain in my whole body. I suffered so much pain on my laps. I did not want to eat. My husband took care of me by feeding me food while I laid on my bed. I waited for days hoping to recover everything. Everything was so stressful for me. All I did was to pray and seeking cure for my health.
I went to the doctor, at first they tried to give me medicine for arthritis because of the swelling and as they have concluded according to my answers during their initial interview. It lessen the pain somehow but I knew to myself that the core pain and the uneasy feeling still present. I always felt tired and its like killing me softly. I lose weight totally, I was thin to the bone.
I went back and forth to the doctor and they always change my medicine to try. I felt very frustrated and it made me more stressed, it added up to my pain.
One of our neighbor told us to visit another physician in another city to let examine my health. I was happy at first but, the same thing - tried medicine and so on...
I went back to our place and try to seek cure from the quack doctor. Superstitious, I was frustrated and hopeless so I did everything. The quack doctor helped me in some other ways, but not the cure of my illness.
After a year of going back and forth to different doctors, I felt hopeless and decided to have a last chance (last try) check up to another physician.
That general physician told me to have laboratory check especially my blood for ANA test and referred me to a Lupus specialist immediately.
I undergone the process of healing for Lupus after the result of my ANA. I felt relieved but worried because Lupus Disease is always with me, it can't be healed as many people said. The doctor gave me medicine as my "maintenance medicine" everyday.
My doctor said, Lupus is my partner forever, however there will be a chance that it can be cured as what she had shared about one of her patients.
I am so much in hope to cure this illness until now.
I will share with you some tips and advice from my doctor hope these can help.
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