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I must say I have a wonderful dr! She is so kind and caring. She cried with me as I told her about the twins and spent a whole hour with me. She decided to keep me on the zoloft and xanax and ambien. She suggested I call the rheumy dr back today and see if I can get in before my scheduled appt next month. She says that sometimes they will treat chronic inflammation (tendinitis, bursitis, iritis and joint pain in my case) with I can't remember if she said plaquenil or plavix. I can't take anti-inflammatory drugs because they aggravate my tummy something awful and I refuse to take any more steroids (other the the eye drops I'm on) because of the weight gain. She said she didn't feel comfortable giving that medication to me because it a few people it can cause some serious side effects with the eyes and liver and it requires a lot of monitoring. So, I will go back to my rheumy and see what he says and she suggested that if he doesn't do anything else for me than I should go to the University of Michigan. She agreed that we need to get all this inflammation under control and that it could be causing my miscarriages also. She said I've been seeing the best dr's, the RE, the rheumy dr and the high risk obgyn. In fact, she was suprised that I could even get in to see Dr. Lorenze, the high risk obgyn because people from all over, even other states come to see him and he is very selective on who he takes. So, I know I've been seeing the best dr's but its also frustrating that no one seems to be able to give me answers. Not with the miscarriages and not with all my "body pains," other than fibro, which is kind of like IBS-there isn't a definitive test for it and there isn't a lot of treatment for it.

At least she was nice and sympathetic and LISTENED to me. I got the refills I needed and at least a place to start. I see Dr. Lorenze (high risk obgyn) next Wed for a follow up after my surgery and I know he plans on running some additional blood tests. I will also ask him if he has any recommendations on who to see about the miscarriages. I don't think its worth my time to go back to my old RE (reproductive endocrinologist) because she already did all she thought she could do for me. Right now, I think its more important to get ME healthy again but I just can't help but to think that all my other problems aren't related somehow to all the miscarriages.

I see my shrink tonight and hopefully she will help me figure out the right path from here. I'm sure my depression and sadness over the loss of my babies is making things worse but I'm tired of hurting, both physically and mentally. My wrists hurt so bad today, I can hardly type. Ok, deep breath, one day at a time. Acceptance. Hug Harley and feel better!

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Taking it one day at a time.....

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