I'm not angry, Alice, just wanted to clarify that. Someone close to me had ITP (and they could not control it). And quite a few lupus patients get it. It's mainly an issue with low platelets but they can be high at some points too. It can be a real nightmare and hard to predict the course of it.

Even though I'm more educated than a lot of people on medical issues, from the "battlefront" and from books/background, there's no way I'll ever know more than a physician. I do trust my instincts though.

Kendra, I just don't want your docs to miss anything.