I have not been diagnosed with lupus by a doctor yet. I never even
thought about it till recently i met some biological family(my mom
was adopted at a young age). And I found out an uncle has been
diagnosed with lupus and his symptoms are very much like my own.

I geuss i can start by most lof my life things seemed normal except
for unexplained fevers. Until I was about 28 im now 36. I started
having few problems with fatige and joint pains. Especialy my hands
when i first woke up in morning my hands would be swollen and red
could hardly move my fingers but after i was up for a while it would
go away. Around this time i also broke out with a rash on my backside
at first it was about the size of my wallet. Redish rash puffy
especialy around edges of red area and scaly. thease problems were
never persistant but would come and go. Each time it comes back its
worse than before. now the rash when gets enflamed gos from the
middle of my back to my knees.

In the winter time i seem to have less problems with the rash it will
just about go away except the skin is is slightly discolored and
somewhat flaky. As soon as the weather warms up its comes back full
force and spreads a little more. I do have a rash in my head that
comes and gos in my hair.

I also have problems my arms and hands hurting and sholders. I have
chest pains and pains in my guts.
Things got realy bad about a year ago. I came down with pancreantidus
spent a week in the hospital and just seem like afteri came things
have been so much worse. They arent sure what caused the pancrantidus
they have run a scope through my guts and not seen a problem they
have done ultrasounds on my gaulbladder and liver not seen anything
to cause the pain i suffer. They have done nerve damage tests on my
arms nothing wrong there. The more i go to the doctor the more
frustrated i get one more test and one more time i get that look from
the doctor that makes me feel like im crazy and its just all in my
head somehow. also being tired all the time i did a sleep study that
shows i may have sleep abnia

There are days my arms hurt so bad i would just as soon cut them off
than to have the pain.

I never thought there was a connection between the rash and other
problems i have been having un till i met my uncle who has lupus and
he sufers similar things. His rash breaks out on his back and arms

I was just wondering if my symptons are compariable to with others
that have lupus before i go back to my doctor and have to get that
look again.