Weeeee, sounds right up my alley. I will remember that.

Right now, I am still recovering from my kitchen....no more remodeling in here....for a while

But I am looking forward to my chicken coop adventure....bwaaauk, bwaaauk.

I spend my life saying to myself, 'Why did I EVER do that?'....keeps me from focusing on this hideous disease. Hubby will probably find me, prostrate in my coop.....whadda way to go.

Right now, I am nursing my post ivig migraine, and am too sick to watch tv, because all the movement makes me urp. As Scarlet O'Hara said....'Tomorrow is another day." (That was profound...not)

hi cycleclops

About the ANA pattern - they should be taken as rough guides only, and it's not possible to dx anything based purely on the pattern. Also, they need to be taken in conjunction with the clinical picture before dx can be attempted. Which is really annoying, but then again there are lots of annoying things about these stupid diseases! I am very blessed to have lots of lupus type antibodies (anti ds-dna, anti-sm etc) and symptoms, making my lupus very easy to dx. I really feel for people who struggle to get a dx.

hth
raglet

Raglet,

Would IVIG affect the ANA?