I’m so very sorry to hear your traumatizing ordeal. It’s such a crime in our country that you are suffering so and need to pay for costly tests which may help provide some light on your varied symptoms. It takes answers to at least give one hope and some sort of path forward. I’m sure there is an answer for you and you just need to find the right provider to think out of the box enough to find it. Not an easy task I know.

I can tell you from my experience, at least, that chills and terrible cramping are a liver disease symptom. So, perhaps your follow up hepatic labs may reveal more. There are several autoimmune diseases that can cause liver disease.

Have you been on the website smartpatients.com? There are some good patient discussions on it by people with autoimmune diseases. I was reading through one today where people listed the multiple autoimmune diseases they have. Like Connect, it may or may not offer answers, but I find patient guidance and camaraderie very helpful. I’ll be thinking of you and sending many positive and hopeful thoughts your way.