Im just new to the group. My name is Nancy, Im a 54yr female, living
in Canada. I have lived with Lupus all my life or so I thought. I was
having problems with my hands being dusky, so I checked with a
specialist. He did some blood tests, they confirmed Buergers Disease.
I smoked all my life,its been 4 yrs since I quit. I had Raynauds back
in 91, all my fingers turned black in a two week span. I was
hospitalized for 3 weeks on what they called pulse therapy, a
combination of steriods and chemo. It worked, I did tho lose a tip of
one finger.
About 98 or slightly before I started having pains in my legs and
severe cramps, when I was walking. Have you ever had cramps in the
back of your leg, top of your foot and bottom all at the same time?
It seems impossible to have but I did, the pain was unbearable. In
Jan 01 I had a bypass done on my right leg, in Feb 01 I had another
one done because the first one didnt work. I ended up having to have
my right leg amputated in Jan 02. This past summer I went in the
hospital for another bypass, this time it was on my left leg. So far
so good.
The one thing I did read was that Beurgers Disease is normally
found in men 20-40. Is it a womens disease as well? I look forward
to being part of the group. Bye for now.