Oh joy. . .
It took 10 years to find out what was wrong with me. Doctors kept treating the symptoms but no one connected the dots. I finally pushed the issue when we received a solicitation letter from the Lupus Foundation with a bookmark that said you might have Lupus if you have 3 of these 10 symptoms. I had 8. I gave the card to my current internist and said let’s talk Lupus. She sent me to a rheumatologist and my years of questioning were finally over. I was so glad to have a diagnosis, that I almost didn’t care what it was.
One doctor I had seen told me it was all in my head.