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She has/had an auto immune blood disease a name of which I cannot remember, in which the spleen attacks & destroys both old & new red cells,
Normally the spleen is supposed to do it's job of destroying just the tired old red cells while the marrow makes new strong red cells.
In her case, her spleen went nuts & ate all red cells, so it was removed.
So now her immune system is alot weaker.
Both daughters have the same disorder.
One of the twins had her "attack" while visiting over the summer with relations in Florida (I think) and just collapsed.
Luckily they were on it quickly with red blood cell transfusions or she would have died.
The chemo was after the splenectomy I believe.
Great efforts to knock her immunal system down & get it to stop attacking herself.
Now, any bug that comes along hits her pretty hard.
My immunal system is still whole & over active....any little sinus drainage & I can eexpect massive throat soreness due to attacking T cells (the white cells that destroy disease, and in our cases can destroy the good stuff too, like my intestinal lining if the T cells 'see' wheat proteins they attack & destroy the entire length of digestive lining) T has UC as well...so she has a delicate balance going on, and stress does not help one bit either !!
the over achieving immune system... seem to be a lot of us who have them these days. makes one wonder what the hec is going on. I got a new drug to go with my Humira today, called methotrexate, has many uses and seriously bad side effects lol. I am taking it anyway...on monday in case it makes me sick, then I can call doc and cry
I have wondered that very same thing myself.
Seems some of us have pre-determined genetically to have this happen.
One doc explained to me that your body is like a rain barrel...and during your life, stress, sadness,depression, viruses, GMOs?,food additives, food coloring, dry cleaning chemicals, lead, gasoline, chemicals, paint fumes,THC?, alcohol ?, ink from papaer at work, car exhaust, etc is all dumped in this rain barrel...and the immunal system works quickly to eliminate all this crap from the body.
Then it can overflow, and the immunal system goes ape.
It is then what is called "sensitized" and will no longer tolerate some thing at all...and begins to attack.
And it attacks where that predetermination is.
Alot of people can carry around the celiac gene their lifetime & never have it develope into disease, yet they have the gene.
A car accident, a misscarriage, a bad flu or chicken pox, and the next thing you know, you have an auto immune disorder.
All my brothers & sister more than likely have the gene, as do my kids, as did I when I was young, but no symproms until I was older & went through life's traumas.
She has/had an auto immune blood disease a name of which I cannot remember, in which the spleen attacks & destroys both old & new red cells,
Normally the spleen is supposed to do it's job of destroying just the tired old red cells while the marrow makes new strong red cells.
In her case, her spleen went nuts & ate all red cells, so it was removed.
So now her immune system is alot weaker.
Both daughters have the same disorder.
One of the twins had her "attack" while visiting over the summer with relations in Florida (I think) and just collapsed.
Luckily they were on it quickly with red blood cell transfusions or she would have died.
The chemo was after the splenectomy I believe.
Great efforts to knock her immunal system down & get it to stop attacking herself.
Now, any bug that comes along hits her pretty hard.
My immunal system is still whole & over active....any little sinus drainage & I can eexpect massive throat soreness due to attacking T cells (the white cells that destroy disease, and in our cases can destroy the good stuff too, like my intestinal lining if the T cells 'see' wheat proteins they attack & destroy the entire length of digestive lining) T has UC as well...so she has a delicate balance going on, and stress does not help one bit either !!
the over achieving immune system... seem to be a lot of us who have them these days. makes one wonder what the hec is going on. I got a new drug to go with my Humira today, called methotrexate, has many uses and seriously bad side effects lol. I am taking it anyway...on monday in case it makes me sick, then I can call doc and cry
I have wondered that very same thing myself.
Seems some of us have pre-determined genetically to have this happen.
One doc explained to me that your body is like a rain barrel...and during your life, stress, sadness,depression, viruses, GMOs?,food additives, food coloring, dry cleaning chemicals, lead, gasoline, chemicals, paint fumes,THC?, alcohol ?, ink from papaer at work, car exhaust, etc is all dumped in this rain barrel...and the immunal system works quickly to eliminate all this crap from the body.
Then it can overflow, and the immunal system goes ape.
It is then what is called "sensitized" and will no longer tolerate some thing at all...and begins to attack.
And it attacks where that predetermination is.
Alot of people can carry around the celiac gene their lifetime & never have it develope into disease, yet they have the gene.
A car accident, a misscarriage, a bad flu or chicken pox, and the next thing you know, you have an auto immune disorder.
All my brothers & sister more than likely have the gene, as do my kids, as did I when I was young, but no symproms until I was older & went through life's traumas.
