Yes - my rheumatologist once said that autoimmune disease is like that old saying “misery loves company” - where there’s one, there’s often more. I started with RA, then psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, axonal neuropathy, then moved into “overlap syndrome,” and am now in the final stages of a work up for dermatomyositis - the autoimmune disease that’s probably been lurking in the background all along when it looked like I didn’t respond to whatever biologic I was on, but it didn’t show up in the antibody testing until now. The DM is also rare and my rash is mild and easy to miss, so without the antibody, the myopathy just looked like a thousand other things so it’s taken six long years to get here. It’s frustrating. The kind of DM I tested positive for comes with a high risk of cancer so last week was a series of CT scans. This week is hematology oncology and a PET scan, and next week is a uterine biopsy. Hoping it all goes well, but I’m a little terrified if I’m honest.

Hopefully your Addison’s stays in check and your thyroid remains normal 🤞