Angela O: CREST

I am seventy-two years old now and became ill with CREST syndrome when I was forty-six years old.

I fought this disease with every ounce of strength I had. I became a nurse when my children were older teens and my husband was a policeman.

Now, the calcinosis is so bad on my fingers, that I find ordinary chores harder and harder. While my rheumatologist tries to help, she said there is very little she can do and sometimes, I need pain medication.

I feel lost.This disease is hardly ever advertised as so little is known about it.

To those of you who suffer with it, you are not alone.