Gale's story

Diagnosed Oct '96.. with DVT AND SLE w/anticardiolipin syndrome. I Lost my 1st child @ 5 months and my 2nd son @ 5 months had to lie on the couch and wear a Tokos monitor... If I had more than 3 contractions in an hour I had to drink a gallon water and then they would call again. I had him @ 7 months, 4lb 10 oz. I came home 2 days later 4lb 5 oz. My last son came at 8 months, 5lb 7 oz. My cervix was incompetent. I have Raynaud's, R/A, O/A..lungs collapsed in the beginning... Have been on 200 mg Plaquenil and warfarin for 27 yrs.. Fatigue, nose sores, swollen joints, left leg issues from DVT.. 2009 stage 2 breast cancer... 2021-2022 stage 4 Large B cell Non Hodgkins Lymphoma... Plus hypothyroidism... I'm 67 yrs old and don't do much. I don't have much energy. I do have 3 beautiful grandkids.

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