Hello everyone,

i broke out in hives this past friday. It was around noon when I was sitting in my car with my neice and I happened to look at my lower arms and noticed little bumps coming out. She said maybe it's an alergy to soemthing I touched, but i'm not sensitive like that. As the day went on the hives travelled up my arms to my back, chest, neck and by the morning it was on my face. At first I thought it was the meds, but I didn't believe it.

My cousin called me ( she's had sle for several years now) and she asked me to describe the rash and I did, she said she had the same kind of rash on hers legs once and it was due to stress. She said she went to the emergency room and they told her her lupus was flaring that's why she had the hives.

I also noticed that when I woke up in the morinings the rash was slightly down but as I wen along my day it would raise again. I think the problem is I haven't rested for the past 2.5 weeks and very little sleep. I was entertaining my sister and her twins when they came to visit, I was helping my father at his business and in the process had to make 16 center peices, 1 cake top, 6 wine glasses, one table swag and an arch for the bride and groom of a wedding i'll be attending 3 days from now. So my plate has been full.

The swelling in my legs has gone back up and my hands and face have been swelling as well. When I called my rheumy and told her about this she gives me the brush off and says just continue the meds (naproxen 500mg, plaquenil 200mg and elavil 25mg). I sware this women gets on my nerves. With all of these symptoms, including joint pain, arthritis, fibro, malar, shortness of breath, sun sensitivity, fevers, mouth sores,fatigue, positive ana, postive anti ds dna I still can't figure out why she sticking me with mctd. I really don't know what to say.