I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.
This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer.
I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
Among other things, autoimmune disorders are an induction into a world of unstable information and no reliable expertise.
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.
You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point.
So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.