Hello Everyone,
My name is Angela and I'm 41 years of age. I've just been diagnosed with IMF.
I'm married (18 yrs) with 3 wonderful children. My husband is disabled and I "look after" other children as well.
I've been trawling the net for about 4 weeks and it's so good to find somewhere that people actually know something more than "textbook". My bloods aren't too bad at the moment, and I've been told to stop the iron as it's doing nothing to help.
My symptoms are extreme tiredness (sleeping about 15hrs a day), some joint pain, exteme itchiness (especially front of lower leg), my spleen and liver are ok for now. I just hate the fact that I know my life expectancy is now shorter but don't know by how much! I live in the UK and don't know of anyone else diagnosed with any of the MPDs so this message board/forum is a wonderful find, the reading up to now has given me an introduction to some wonderful people, I look forward to reading more of your comments. Does anyone suffer memory loss as a symptom? I've had some problems but wonder about it's association?
Many Thanks. Good luck and God bless