I'm really frustrated right now. I am a Breast Cancer survivor and during my last visit to the Oncol I happened to have had a sore throat, rash on my neck, low grade fever, was hoarse and had some aches and pains. Prior to this I had 2 months of chronic pain in my left leg. My calf ached and I would get sharp pain in my shin, into my knee and foot. So, she ran a battery of tests for things such as mono, bone cancer, lupus and cat scratch fever. The Ana test came back very high - 901. I have to say that prior to this over many years I have had pleurosy, hives after the sun, joint pain in my fingers, constant throat infections, have attacks where the pain in my lower left groin area is so severe I feel like I'm going to faint, get palpatations etc. I have had many other diagnosis and "odd" things and have heart damage. I had Brucolosis when I was in elementry school, for whatever that is worth. I have had major depression for years. So, when I got this diagnosis needless to say I was a little relieved because I now had an excuse for my many ailments. I went to the Rheumy today, and left with more questions than answers. He is having a complete blood profile done, 11 different tests, and tells me that the ANA can come back as a false positive and can take a while to rule things out. My mothers grandmother died of MS, and I guess this is one of the tests he had ordered because the ANA can come back positive if you have MS, but he thingks that this is the least probable diagnosis. I too, as I have read, get strange pains and GI attacks. Many things I read I think "yep, thats me". I don't have a spleen, removed due to trauma which turns out that this could be a good thing if I have Lupus.

I guess I am looking for feedback on the diagnosis process, did it take a long time, what kind of tests were done, what can I expect. I had been tested for Lupus years ago when I would get hives after sun exposure - all over my body. I'm particulary concerned about my Kidneys because I frequently have blood in my urine and have had cloudy uring. I also get lower back pain at times.

Please help me with understanding this!
Thanks