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(Update) Pam: Systemic Scleroderma for 34 Years Today I have just arrived back from a hospital visit once more. All seems okay with my lungs with taking the Tracleer, which has helped me greatly...
Daphne: Daughter of Scleroderma/Polymyositis/Antisynthetase Syndrome Overlap Patient By early 2005, she began to exhibit Raynaud's phenomenon. She was also having swelling in her face, hands and feet...
Deedra: Linear Scleroderma In the course of two years the scleroderma spread from under my knee to the top of my thigh...
Ellen: Interstitial Cystitis with Bladder Removal I feel like I have hit a dead end. My quality of life is worse than ever...
Lu: Sjogren's Syndrome (Italy) I have migrant polyarthritis and enormous digestive problems...
(Italiano) Lu: Sindrome di Sjogren Soffro di poliatrite migrante e ho enormi problemi digestivi, eppure mi sento viva e positiva...
Rafvis: Systemic Scleroderma (Italy) There were practically times when I had no sense of touch...
(Italiano) Rafvis: Sclerodermia Sistemica Ho girato tanti ospedali, hanno provato con cortisone, antistaminic, ma niente...
Lindsey: Eosinophilic Fasciitis (EF) My skin remains very thick and constricted...
Susi Q: Surviving Daughter of Scleroderma Patient We were told to go to the library and read about it...
Louise: Linear Scleroderma I got a bit of a fright when I read about scleroderma affecting the organs...
Roberta A: Systemic Sclerosis/Overlap Two rheumatologists both said because I did not have thick skin I did not have systemic sclerosis...
Karen H: Eosinophilic Fasciitis I am experiencing extreme fatigue and muscle pain on a daily basis...
(Update) Jo: Mother of a Child with Morphea Scleroderma As she has gotten older she has become more self-conscious of her leg, along with fact that she cannot wear the same shoes as other children...
Sylvia: Surviving Mother of Scleroderma Patient She had this disease from 2001 without the doctors realizing it...
Yally: Dermatitis with Linear/Morphea My daughter has a spot on her left leg, that almost covers it completely...
(Español/Spanish) Yally: Dermatitis con Consistencia en Morfea/Lineal Mi temor siempre ha sido el consumir indefinidamente la droga...
New Personal Stories
Maria T: Daughter of Deceased Scleroderma Patient (Italy) He, upon looking at my mom's face and hands diagnosed her with sclerodermia, in fact he took care of her until the end...
(Italiano) Maria T: Figlia di una Paziente Defunta di Sclerodemia (Italia) Lui, come vide a mia madre disse "tu hai la sclerodermia", guardandole le mani e la faccia...
(Update) Dee B: Limited Scleroderma/CREST Syndrome (South Africa) There is so much I want to add to my original letter after reading more of other peoples stories. I am certainly not getting better but wish I was...
Tessa: Morphea The nurse just told me that I have morphea and knew nothing about it and she told me to look online for information...
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