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Nan: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Fibromyalgia Finally after several years of struggle, one wonderful doctor at OSU got gutsy and gave me the MCTD diagnosis...
Nancy H: Raynaud's I also have the beginning stages of Crohn's, panniculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and now Raynaud's...
Naomi: Systemic Sclerosis and Pulmonary Fibrosis My doctor is astonished of my attitude considering I have Raynaud's, my fingers are curling up and I have lost my nails, pulmonary fibrosis...
Natasha Lubin: My Eyes Say It All When I was only eight years old, my hands were blue, red, white, purple, numb, stinging...
Natasha Lubin: Scleroderma Meets Sjögren's I started this page so I can keep finding connections between all of our diseases...
Natasha Lubin: My Son, My Caregiver Jeffrey said to me, "My mother is never going to die and is not sick..."
Nathalia: Progressive Systemic Scleroderma (Uruguay) As the years went by I began to become more conscious of how complex this illness is...
Nathalie: Lupus/Scleroderma I arrived at the hospital with two black fingers. They had gangrene and I was very worried about having an amputation...
Nats: Morphea One thing I often wonder about is whether this condition could have been caused by a tetanus jab I had a few weeks before I noticed the first mark appearing...
Naye: Systemic Scleroderma I was looking in the mirror one morning when I noticed a pink discoloration around my nose...
NB: Dermatomyositis I just knew then that my child's father would leave me, but he stood by my side and later became my husband even when I thought I looked like a monster..
Neelam: Systemic Sclerosis (India) In December 1998 my right pointer finger started becoming blue and was hurting a lot...
Nettie: Systemic Scleroderma with CREST Up until now I have done very well at pretending not to be ill...
Nickole: Surviving Daughter of Diffuse Scleroderma Mother I am not sure how long my mother had scleroderma, but I do know that the doctors did not know much about it at the time...
Nico: Daughter of Patient with Raynaud's Syndrome and Systemic Scleroderma (Italy) My mother was twenty-nine years old (now she is almost sixty one) when she discovered she was affected by Raynaud's Syndrome...
Nikhath: Linear Scleroderma (India) I hide my hands from everyone and because of this behavior of mine, people assume that I am shy...
Nina: Fibromyalgia, Raynaud's, Limited Scleroderma/CREST That is when I found ISN! The volume of reliable, informative, trusted information that I found on this site completely overwhelmed me...
Nucci: Morphea (Italy) My disease was diagnosed in 1998, although my first tests were done about two years before at one of Italy’s best dermatology hospitals...
Noreen: Surviving Mother of Fibrosing Alveolitis Patient (Manchester, England) Alana gave us the most precious 14 months of our life, and because of Alana we now look after profoundly handicapped children...
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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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