Hi @fox940 !

Not sure you’ll see this, it looks like you haven’t logged in since 2022. Hope that you’re healthy and well! If you do see this, I’d love an update on how things unfolded with you.

I’m in a remarkably similar situation. I went through Drug Induced Lupus in summer of 2022 (it seems that fexofenadine-Allegra-was the culprit). I no longer take the medication, but my antihistone antibodies haven’t returned to normal (they’re currently 6.2, as yours were in one of your posts).

I too have had surgery—open heart surgery to repair my mitral valve in 2019. My heart is in great shape now, thankfully, but they used wire to close my broken sternum and I wonder about that too. I too have had lifelong food allergies (as well as asthma and eczema), and in recent years, medication sensitivities. I also have a history of autoimmune conditions in myself and in my family, but don’t meet all the criteria for a lupus diagnosis.

Our situations seem to align in a lot of ways. Would love to hear how you’re doing—much better, I hope.