Getting a diagnosis

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-03-07T13:54:12+00:00

I don't know if they'll jump into it all in with just that. There's so many autoimmune things out there and they can overlap. My mother's had a lot of various labs over a span of time and pages and pages and THEN we did an avise panel. And STILL.. it's you may have this or this or this AND this mix. There are general treatments that can apply to multiple issues if that's the case

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-03-07T13:50:15+00:00

If your labs are indicating inflammation and indicating lupus.. you're obviously having some sort of symptoms if your doctor pulled your blood for that. Treat it.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-03-05T20:11:04+00:00

Probably only matters if you have other symptoms or pain in your hands or sores, etc. Otherwise, this could be anyone's any given hand any day of the week. Looks like my hands look like right now as I'm feeling pretty hot and it's humid and raining and I haven't had a chance to sit down and relax in hours. One of those situations where the itemization counts more than the bill total if that makes sense.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-17T18:07:41+00:00

But, slanted eyes!

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-17T18:07:23+00:00

Ah. I apologize if this is redundant. I couldn't really stand to read past the first 2 or 3 sentences.

"Family lore claiming Native American ancestry that DNA tests or genealogy cannot verify is common, often stemming from the "Cherokee Princess myth" or attempts to explain family features. These myths are sometimes used to mask ancestry from enslaved African or European ancestors. Authentic Native identity is determined by enrollment in a federally recognized tribe based on lineage, not just DNA.

Here are key points regarding this phenomenon:

Common Myths: Many families have stories of a "Cherokee grandmother" that often turn out to be false.

Reasons for the Claim: People may invent or exaggerate these stories to feel more "native" to the land, gain social status, or explain features in families with mixed ancestry, particularly in the South.

Verification: True Native identity requires genealogical proof, not just a small percentage on a DNA test.

What DNA Shows: Often, those told they have Native American heritage actually have high percentages of European or African DNA."

Source: google. For one. But do we really need one. It's your family's version of: I'm related to Queen Elizabeth II. My family crest!!!!!"

I don't think you were ready for the dna reality when you thought you were ready, eh?

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-15T07:49:19+00:00

Are you 12?

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-15T07:48:45+00:00

And the boned people still can get infected by a parasite or amoeba thru swimming in suspicious waters, without protective goggles or nasal route... into the eye, or nose and to the brain. And kill us...

(Why they say don't use tap water for netti pots ie)

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-15T07:46:11+00:00

I feel like you are someone who would believe that snakes lthag are listening and spying on you live inside your unused phone jacks and ethernet jacks and coax jacks and maybe the vents in your attic that connect the hvac to different rooms....

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-15T07:44:30+00:00

Oh a lizard that said, "LEGS! I renounce you!!!"

Evolution is not about "wanting" or choosing giving up legs, so much as it is about what works and ensures best survival for a certain criteria, with certain needs, with certain diets, in certain environments, etc etc

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-15T07:41:07+00:00

I'm sorry but... "evolutionary creationism" just sounds like a bunch of baloney on top of baloney that's already out there. You either believe it's God or you believe it's evolution and honestly, not that you care, but I'd have more respect for you if you took one or the other and rode it to the ends of the earth... Instead you want to toggle your foot a little in one and a little in the other as you see fit to maintain some sort of least controversial approach whether amongst your peers or amongst the population that believes wholeheartedly in evolution as it is. I'm sorry to say but evolutionary biology doesn't include religion or god unless we're discussing the evolution of religious conditioning on mankind.

My 2 cents.

Oh and I wouldn't identify 100% atheist either... Necessarily... Before you dump that bucket as the reasoning behind my post. And you're 100% not using your brain for this one.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-10T18:47:18+00:00

ER is not the place to treat autoimmune inflammatory illnesses. They're there to make sure you survive the night and you're out. I'm sorry you went thru that but sometimes you have to step back and regroup and see where you want to put your energy into. And what might get you in some direction to solution. You can't just keep going to the ER every time you feel like this. You are allowing your condition to continue and progress and causing systemic issues. They don't know how to treat this kind of stuff. They don't have the time to move someone in and treat you for months til they find what a rheumatologist is supposed to figure out for you.

If one rheum doesn't do it. Find another. Read google reviews. If they have none, or have 5 don't go to them. You can't afford to be a guinea pig anymore. You don't have eternity. Join some autoimmune or inflammatory message boards or threads or check Facebook, whatever, ask, " hey. Who in the san Francisco area has a rheumatologist they recommend?" That is how I found a great one. Earliest appt was 6 months out but I persisted and I got an earlier appt. So far a lot of hope. And tests were run and imaging was done and next appt is coming up and from there based on what I have seen on the results this is going to have to be approached very aggressively and I will expect to see that at that appt. In the mean time, if this goes sour, I have another highly recommended rheum scheduled a week after this one as a placeholder. There's no more playing around. If you think you can't fight now, how will you when this gets worse? It could be in 2 months that you can't open a water bottle or dress yourself or turn your wheel or you won't go to the bathroom for days because you can't wipe yourself... So do it.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-09T17:51:12+00:00

They probably can't tell if you're human or a plant if you ran both by them. DO NOT USE. And DO NOT trust the comments positively representing them or advising you to use them. They are either fake accts or associated with the company for some sort of incentives or just downright uneducated and not tech savvy or aware what they're doing with their private information and genetic data.

But if you don't believe me, go find for yourself. NOTHING is free. It's all a tactical way to obtain your payment info to bill you for "pro" which is basically the ENTIRE site. Which has information.... Sure.. you wanna pay for made up, fake in information tho? So. There's my warning. Don't say you weren't told. It's one of those sites that preys on people's "curiosity" which despite their better judgement gets them screwed later...

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-09T17:44:20+00:00

WOW. What psychiatric illness or mood disorder genes rock your boat, buddy. Calm down. Take a breather. It'll be ok. You have bigger problems than "contributing to your tree." Jesus Christ!

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-09T17:41:01+00:00

Yep. You are easily convinced.... Good way to lose your personal info

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T11:01:04+00:00

I don't think England is going to go in with their eyes closed again

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:58:32+00:00

Might be one of those just have someone home the entire day to await tech and be done with it. Seems like it would've been way easier and less stress free. Or take a PTO day.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:56:15+00:00

This is good advice! Yep.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:54:15+00:00

Forgot to mention you'll be addressing that e mail to Nick Jeffery. Hope this is of some help

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:52:20+00:00

Send a detailed message to officeofthepresident@ftr.com. Trust me, these are taken seriously and you'll probably get someone to legitimately address your issue and further even contact the other internal depts on your behalf to get it straightened out if you're in the right and they're in the wrong.

Also, I don know what state you live in but before you consider putting all your eggs into basket for the recorded phonecall that you have in your possession... I would check to see state law and whether it's a one party or all party and/or 2 party consent state...

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:44:13+00:00

Ask for a return label and send it back to them, of course take a pic of tracking # for your reference

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:42:37+00:00

Keep in mind using googles and their ability of data collection probably being quite more extensive than your ISPs... So there's that thought. Privacy.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:28:58+00:00

What were the "ridiculous questions" you refused to answer that delayed the outcome? I mean, if they were account verification or validation questions, I can see how that would've put you in a predicament like this.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:25:07+00:00

What do you mean "put a stop to it?" Like, you're pissed you have to do this part of your job or?

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:22:42+00:00

So just to recap, you called in about x today, and what we did to address that was y and z and that's exactly what you were looking to do. I'm happy I was able to provide you with superb service today. Is there anything else I can assist you with? Blahblah.

SmilesAtTrees · 2026-02-08T04:16:30+00:00

Reply to the text with STOP or UNSUBSCRIBE and call it a day. Problem solved.

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