[serenityqueen]

Chiy, I can sure relate to your frustration. Before I was finally diagnosed with Lupus and RA, I went through a couple of years of Dr.'s scratching their heads, telling me that I had Fibromyagia and that I'd have to learn to deal with the pain and the other symptoms.

Has your Dr. sent you to an Internal Medicine Specialist? My Family Dr. at the time wasn't even sure what tests to run to check for RA and Lupus. I finally had to seek out an Internal Medicine Specialist and basically beg him to run specific tests that I knew my Mom's Dr. ran to diagnose her. And some tests have to be repeated several times before a positive diagnosis can be made. I had several false positives and false negatives come back before the tests all started coming back testing positive. Some diseases are hard to diagnosis for this particular reason.

Hang in there , Hon. I hate to say this, but with some diseases/illnesses such as the one's I have, I've had to learn to live with a certain amt.of pain on a daily basis. But once you're diagnosed, there are meds that can treat the disease and not just the symptoms and then the pain becomes tolerable. You know you are always free to PM me if you have any questions or just need to vent about your frustration. I'm always here for you.

Hugs and Prayers,
Judy