Lol no problem! Unfortunately, that was one of the first things we tested for. Because ticks are a big problem where I live, our family practitioner always does tests for those first. Everything came back clean, and as I've gotten sicker, I've spent a lot less time outside, so it's very unlikely for that to be the case now.

I was homeschooled :) I remembered that this particular site/forum existed when I was chatting with some of my friends about our experiences as homeschoolers and now as some of us are starting to homeschool our own munchkins. And yes, there are more appropriate places to ask. However, I've been looking online and in books for months with no results worth mentioning. As I said, I've been to a lot of doctors, but they don't communicate with each other and all they have are lists of things they're pretty sure it isn't. At this point, I'm pretty much grasping at straws. So I figure if I post to a bunch of different forums, I'll hopefully find something constructive :D

I'm a 20yr old woman, and I've been sick for about four years now. It started with random pain in my legs, adolescent scoliosis, constant stomach pain and nausea, coupled with a weird rash all over my neck and chest. I got medicine for heartburn and the pain in my stomach lessened for a while. I then developed serious muscle weakness and numbness in my arms and legs, to the point where I could barely drive a car. Then came rapid weight loss. Over three months, I went from 125lbs to 105lbs, despite eating regularly. The rash came back with a vengeance too. I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder, leading to several cases of bronchitis within that time span. We went to several doctors, who ruled out MS, muscular dystrophy, Crohn's disease, IBD/IBS, several cancer types, and hormone imbalance. Because of the weight loss and lack of appetite (happens when you hurt every time you eat), the doctors decided to focus on my weight and not on a diagnosis. I've been on several medications that target the stomach, in an effort to gain weight back. However, it's not helping. And now, in addition to the above symptoms, I'm getting randomly appearing bruises on my arms and legs, which stay for several weeks, and I've broken my toes by literally jumping up and down, dislocated my hip while lifting boxes, and fractured an arm by bumping into a wall. The doctors still want to focus on my weight, but I'm getting concerned about other possibilities. Does anybody have an idea of what might be wrong with me?