DID and autoimmune disorders.

[The People]

I have more than one of these. Celiac, psoriasis, IBS, and weird spots on my arms. I was told they were from thinning skin but my 86 year old friend has better skin than me. I am 61 and have had these spots for years. They are getting worse.

[mosaic]

you have so much more on your plate in terms of physical health than anyone else i know. those spots sound very concerning to me. if they are getting worse i would be scared - i hope they are not something serious/dangerous.

[The People]

I figured out what they were. One night I did what the rest of the universe is doing. I went to Safeway and stocked up on groceries. Since I don't have a car, I had to pull them in a cart and carry the rest. The cart is small. They were so very heavy that when I got to a bench I had to put them down. Finally I spotted an empty grocery cart and stuffed everything in.

My arms were dread from the weight. It was within a day or 2 from this that I got the fever. I talked with a brother with Parkinson's disease and the doctors think he has deep vein thrombosis around his chest, making it difficult for him to talk.

The term was familiar so I Googled it. Sure enough, I'd had it in my legs and now wear sexy pressure socks. The blood vessels had broken in my arms. Same result.