Hey Ellen,

I forgot to welcome you to the group, so welcome!

Anyway, I know- the speech issues totally suck...I read some of your previous posts and I see that you're on Cellcept. How long have you been taking this? I know that it can take a while to kick in.

I'm on prednisone, and my speech is STILL bad. I'm going for a plasma exchange tomorrow as things are spreading to my breathing...I'm also supposed to be starting Imuran soon too but I havne't gone for the preliminary blood tests yet 'cause I haven't been feeling so great...Too tired...

By the way, I also have something like Lupus too...I have the arthritis, and positive blood tests, but I don't have all of the other symptoms so it's not 'official.' It certainly sucks to have so many diseases, but what can you do, that's life (bit mad at life right now, but it'll pass).

Talk to you soon! Feel free to talk about everything and anything...Sorry that some of your last posts were lost in the shuffle...It can happens sometimes!

Nicky