I had a car accident. Four weeks later my mother died very suddenly.
I started choking on food. I was told it was globus. My hands went white in the cold.
It was only when the severe chest pains caused me to collapse several years later that CREST Scleroderma was discovered.
I am always very tired these days.
Lesley Email: Withheld by Request Story edited 05-14-07 JTD Story posted 06-01-07 SLE ISN Senior Artist: Sherrill Knaggs Story Editor: Judith Thompson Devlin |
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Sherrill Knaggs, ISN Artist, created the digital photo to illustrate the story on this page. Sherrill lived in New Zealand. Her story was featured in ISN's book, Voices of Scleroderma Volume 2.
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