My family knows a lot about genetically passed auto-immune issues. My mother, sister and I have all manifested several auto-immune diseases. my mother has had rheumatoid arthritis for many years and has bouts of both temporal arteritis (inflammation and damage to blood vessels supplying the head area) and alopecia (near-total hair loss). Lucky for her, with the help of Rogaine for women, her hair has returned to near-original condition.
My sister had a minor bout of shingles several years ago (only affected her left arm, but still extremely painful) and spent many years of pain and discomfort and went thru many doctors before finally being diagnosed with Celiac (gluten intolerance). Her system is so sensitive, she and her husband even have to use separate cutting boards so as not to cross-contaminate their food. And I, of course, was stricken with TM six years ago. Though not sure if it is also an auto-immune disease or not, I also have scoliosis, for which I had spinal surgery at 19 to fuse 9 vertebrae and spent 11 months in body casts. My family has had enough of being "special"! Betty Clark (in Northern California) _____ From: Roger & Terese Pratt [mailto:r.c.pr...@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:16 AM To: Gary Thomas Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] Fw: Automimmune disorders Thanks, Gary. Most people have not even heard of autoimmune disorders. - Roger in Kennewick, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Thomas" <gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net> To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:36:08 AM Subject: [TMIC] Fw: Automimmune disorders ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Thomas <mailto:gbthomas8...@sbcglobal.net> To: Transverse <mailto:l...@eskimo.com> Myelitis list Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:29 AM Subject: Automimmune disorders This was in today's South Bend (Indiana) Tribune. It deals with "hard to diagnose" autoimmune disorders. Gary (Niles, MI) http://www.southbendtribune.com/features/ourlives/sbt-20120509sbtmichb-08-03 -20120509,0,5304526.story
