Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004 View Post
It sounds very similar to Lupus, which my first wife had, and nearly died from.
They hit her with a drug called Endoxan, it knocked the bum right off her, but it worked.
Yeah, Lupus is a nasty disease. My mom died from complications from Lupus, having survived 50 years with it, although diagnosed 45 years ago with it. Her Lupus affected her skin and joints mainly, and perhaps her cardio health.

What killed her was the Lupus clotting syndrome which was clotting her blood vessels causing strokes. It was discovered too late because the docs attributed the clots to cholesterol (<140). Another doc had taken her off of Lupus meds which caused it to come out of remission. And rather than treat the cause they treated the symptoms with blood thinners.

Carole, I wish your niece and her husband the best of luck with this and all the help the heavens can give them.