Living with Multiple Autoimmune Diseases, Part II

As I learned that I had multiple autoimmune diseases, my first thought was what was I in for? Every day it's something new, a new pain here, muscle spasms there. The worst are the leg spasms and back spasms. waking up with those coming on is a horrible way to wake up. More test my doctor says, but the health insurance hasn't started yet with my husbands new job.

So we wait and try the Plaquenil which made me sicker than a dog with diarrhea and hives, so off the medicine I go and wait for the next doctors appointment to get on another medicine, hopefully better than the first. I called the doctor the other day and asked if I could have something for muscle spasms and she sent out straightaway a prescription for muscle relaxers. Yesterday, I bumped my leg and today I have a huge knot and bruise on the front of my leg that is causing my muscle to hurt. She tells me these autoimmune diseases will progress and get worse, does that make my life less, I say it it does! Where is the fun in life if your constantly in pain or sitting on the toilet all day, because your stomach doesn't like the meds they give you. What else do I have to look forward to?

And family, I have been told "oh! its just a sinus infection or it's your hormones" where is the sympathy or compassion. I have lost 25 pounds in 5 and a half months and even that doesn't concern them, but it does my doctors, does it mean the thyroid cancer is back? Or is it the MS they think I have? I am so tired all the time, some days I wish I didn't even have to get out of bed.

My husband on the other hand has been a trooper through all this. He pushes me to get through the mornings as they are my worse time of day. he loves me unconditionally. He calls me everyday from work to check up on me and even goes to my doctors appointments when he can. Yes, there are times when he gets as tired of it as I do, but he hangs in there hoping one day they will find a cure.