Thank you, @EricG1247
From one Lupus Warrior to another, I appreciate this with all my heart. Thank you for your support & for bringing awareness to Lupus. People still ask me, "How can you have Lupus, isn't that a woman's disease?" 5-10% of the 1.5M in America w/Lupus are men!https://twitter.com/EricG1247/status/1314714134123024384 …
That's the first thing everyone told me when I was first diagnosed when I was finally diagnosed. It took years for me to actually be diagnosed.
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It makes me sad to read this, it took years for me too. And in retrospect, there were signs my entire life, from low white cells and red cells when I was younger, to unexplained joint pain & fatigue. I was told to "suck it up" & "stop complaining" so many times growing up.
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I was deployed to Iraq when my 1st symptoms started to manifest. I was told I was faking it and I missed promotions because of it. I deployed again while my symptoms worsened. It took about 4 years to finally get my diagnosis. I was told the same thing except it was yelled at me
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