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Thank you so much for your kind words. I was in the ER last week because my neck pain got so bad I couldn’t sleep. They found out I had hypokalemia (probably because my diet is so restricted now). They also did a CT and couldn’t find anything but the doctors did help a lot and pointed me to an urgent care where I can get a referral to see a spinal specialist and go around my PCP. I also paid out of pocket to do a blood test for Bartonella and thankfully it came up negative, so now I can relax a tiny bit knowing it’s not the same thing as my sister. I am going to change my PCP at the start of the new month next week so I can be checked for Lyme and then if it’s negative, I’ll go to another rheumatologist. Thanks everyone so much for your support. I really hope my new PCP knows what is going on with me. I’ve lost 30 pounds and I’m really hoping they can find out whatever is going on soon. Keeping my hopes up!