I don't know what is going on, but I am having some trouble signing on. Today, it took it... For how long? I don't know... Are my little dog and I banned because she had a tiny accident???

I didn't mean that I just found out I had vasculitis. I kind of misworded that. I knew that from a biopsy quite some time ago. I have so many records, I don't know if if I ever showed this to the old Rheumie or not, but I will show it to the new one. He will have a hard time arguing this-the pathologist dictated nearly a whole page describing it...

Actually, it is called Small Vessel Thrombotic Vasculitis... I know this can be present in some of the autoimmune disorders. Don't have a clue asto whether any supplements over and above what I take now will help.

The report talks about colloid bodies (which are I don't know what) and goes on to say many of the small vessels are filled with blood... Gee, I thought blood vessels were supposed to be filled with blood... I notice on my thyroid biposy, it talks about abundant blood and colloid present in the background. I wonder if I could have vasculitis of the thyroid.

It also talks about extravasation of erythrocytes outside the vessels and some fibrin thrombi, focal fibrinoid necrosis and other stuff I have no clue on. I don't know what any of this means, but "necrosis" does not sound like a very desirable description when describing blood vessels...

I had decided today that I was just going to somehow make myself do the chart, even though it would be mind-boggling. Maybe with this pathology report, and a few of the other significant things I can find, it won't be as important to record so many, just enough to give a general idea...

Anyway, I am going to draft an assistant to help me go through this stuff. Boy, will he be surprised when he gets home... There will be moaning and wailing tonight, for sure...

Cathie