What My Doctor Didn't Tell Me
Shannon Harvey
This is a picture I don’t like to look at. This is what it feels like to have an autoimmune disease. My muscles are aching. My joints are inflamed. I’m exhausted and worried. I don’t know when this will end. It’s not the life I’d planned for myself, and no one seems to have any answers. I remember the day I was first diagnosed clearly. I’d flown into Sydney to see a specialist rheumatologist. I was hoping he could tell me why I felt constantly exhausted and had painful joints and muscles. It had come on quickly and I... Read full article »