Just got my labs back and I'm kind of spiraling.
SCL-70 came back at 70 (reference is ≤19). For context: I also have Hashimoto's, a positive ANA with a nucleolar pattern from September, and now I'm sitting here with a result that's 3.5x the upper limit of normal.
Extra context, the Dr that I saw prior to labs coming back told me to "drink more water" and "wear gloves when my hands are cold" and indicated that women are more prone to fatigue from travel (I do a lot for work). I'm wondering what kind of reaction the labs will get and didn't schedule of f/u appt based on how I looked/seemed in the appointment - otherwise I appear very fit/health/am in the gym and take good care of my health, weight and mindset.
Over the past year or so: Raynaud's that became genuinely unmanageable, joint pain and stiffness that came out of nowhere, extreme fatigue I kept blaming on my thyroid/hashimotos - I stopped drinking alcohol and eating gluten in July of last year that helped with a lot of general inflammation, newer I have vertigo, tremors, intermittent skin spots (petechiae), facial flushing, a respiratory illness in December that lasted almost a month where I genuinely could not breathe, persistent weight loss since then that I can't get back, and constantly losing my voice for no obvious reason.
And for anyone who's been in this limbo stage? Am I jumping to conclusions?