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Living with lupus

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT DISORDER IS NOT LUPUS!

calijoann
  • By calijoann · New reply November 6, 2009
  • 23 replies
  • MY DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT I HAVE LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT DISORDER. HE SAID I DO NOT HAVE LUPUS. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I AM CLEARING THIS UP. SOME PEOPLE WITH LUPUS HAVE LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE ...

lupus anticoagulant

maryjr
  • By maryjr · New reply November 6, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • HI I AM NEW TO THIS GROUP AND I HAD A QUESTION. I HAVE LUPUS ANITCOAGULANT AND HAVE TO TAKE COUMADIN FOR LIFE. I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS A HOME INR TESTING KIT AND IF IT WORKS. ALSO DOES MEDICARE ...

Despite Lupus?

slyster
  • By slyster · Posted September 29, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Have any of you read the new book, Despite Lupus: Living Well with a Chronic Illness, by Sara Gorman? It seems to be getting a lot of traction throughout the "lupus community", and I was wondering what ...

Plaquinel and Long Term Disability

psjaquith
  • By psjaquith · New reply September 29, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • My lupus was first diagnosed as cutanious sigmoid erythmus lupus along with Sjogren's Syndrome. The insurance handling my long-term disability is dropping me saying that my lupus is disabling. I can not ...

Warfarin and alcohol

Peter89
  • By Peter89 · Posted August 1, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi! Im a 19 year old university student living in Hungary. Just a couple of months ago i got infected with some kind of virus, that gave me really strong diarrhea. I was laying at home for a couple of ...

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