I'm in the same boat as you.....we can commiserate together. I hope you feel better soon.

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Beth

Thanks Beth!! I hope you fell better too!!

I meant feel not fell...lol!

Im feelin' for ya girlfriend. Vent away. I always feel better after a good vent. (lol) Take care, and know were here for you.

AWWW, that is no fun. I am sick with a cold right now too, and I am just hoping it goes away and does not go into anything else. It is hard to get a cold on top of dealing with lupus symptoms. I hope you feel better soon. Best wishes and gentle hugs.

I really hope you feel better soon! I'm praying I don't come down with a cold or my frequent friend, strep, anytime soon.

Thanks everyone...I'm praying that this goes away soon. I'm about to take a double dose of Nyquil and go to bed!!! I don't care that it's only 5 pm..i can't take feeling like this anymore!!

This is why I am such a freakazoid when it comes to the sick season. we always seem to get sick and its so much worse for us. It makes me want to live in a bubble. I just got over bronchitis caught by ryan and clark having colds last month. It literally messed up my entire body because Im on steroids. Guess whos sick again? Ryan......A cold....And guess who's probably going to get sick again??? ME!!! Im freaking out over this and feel trapped. Our house is so little that I have no place to go thats germ free.

Honey, if you are on steroids you may need to increase them for 5 days. If your not on them, you may want to call your rheumy and see if you should go on a steroid pack. This can help you feel better and prevent a flare up. You also shouldnt be taking your cellcept or MTX (any major immuno suppressant) while you are sick.

So everyone knows who is on steroids, when your fighting a virus/cold/infection your body normally produces more steroids. If you have been on steroids for a while (and its especially important if you have been on 10mg or higher) your body stops producing the steroids on its own which is a key to our survival. Its a hormone that we have to have at least 10mg of daily (which your body normally produces). When you get sick and your body isnt producing the extra steroids on its own, we need to supplement it if we take them orally. I did not know this for a long time while I was on them. My GP is the one who told me about this issue when I was really sick last year with bronchitis. The lack of proper steroids makes us sicker, can trigger a flare up and causes more stress on our bodies. The lack of the proper steroids in our body wacks out our entire system. Just wanted to pass this on to others who may not know about this issue.

Hope you feel better soon and make sure you call your rheumy if you dont feel better by monday. You may need antibiotics.
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Melissa

As a newby to this group and newly diagnosed with SLE 12/1/10...I have noticed that everytime I catch an illness, be it the same one as another family member, I feel it so much worse! My mom calls me dramatic but I do not try to experiece the symptoms worse....they really ARE as bad as I'm feeling them!!! it's as though someone has literally sucked the life out of my bones, I do not ever remember feeling sick the way I have in the past few years...The problem is that I look like everyone else so it is hard for them to understand what is going on inside my body....ugh!