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I too have RA, MCTD, and fibro and have lots of hand and wrist pain and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/700325/

Discussion: Tips wanted for daily activities with weak or painful hands, wrists

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Apr 19, 2022

MCTD also has an overlap of Fibromyalgia. Over time, I have found that food intolerances (Ie...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976195/

Discussion: Worried about upcoming rheumatologist appointment

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Dec 6, 2023

I am sorry to hear of your dx Lynnie. It is a tough illness and what...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/80621/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 4, 2013

I was diagnosed with MCTD at age 43 in 1996. I was on prednisone for awhile,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/719826/

Discussion: Undiagnosed Autoimmune Disease - No one will listen to me

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jun 21, 2022

Hey @bayhorse - here’s my understanding of UCTD based on a pretty extensive review of available...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841743/

Discussion: Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

I posted this in another group that led me here. It was suggested that it sounded...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1034262/

Discussion: Any thought on what this is? - Face "dent"

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 15, 2024

@Skye13 Hi, Skye. That is one of the best names in the English language. Anyway, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/182342/

Discussion: Possible MCTD and Vasculitis

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jan 26, 2018

I've had MCTD since 1996. Kind of overwhelming for the first couple of years, but once...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/710325/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 22, 2022

Thanks for the information. I have had mild symptoms of something going on for years. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/80628/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Nov 4, 2018

It is always weird to have MCTD. I tell people I am a hothouse plant; most...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1187009/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Dec 8, 2024

I appreciate your post! I was just diagnosed correctly and started Plaquanil & Breztri 3 months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959218/

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Nov 5, 2023

Hopefully you've been able to find some comfort and solutions. I've had it for 20 years....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1188858/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Dec 11, 2024

Hi everyone. I wanted to come back and update you all since you were so kind...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/167816/

Discussion: What can cause ANA titre of 1:2560?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Oct 26, 2019

What 43 years of MCTD has given me and I'm still smilingI am not posting this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/938237/

Discussion: How do you cope with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD)?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Sep 28, 2023

I don't really know how to start this so I am just going to jump right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/56526/

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 4, 2018

I was diagnosed in 1996 with MCTD/Scleraderma. I had had endometriosis, and intermittently painful joints. At...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/708871/

Discussion: MCTD, Fibromyalgia, Reynauds

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 17, 2022

Hi @omgthehumanatee. I am a 19 yo female and am similarity frustrated by my inability to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/250987/

Discussion: Frustrated and continuing to look for diagnosis

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 23, 2019

This I tried about 2 years ago it has helped a lot changed my life,, with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/56505/

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jan 29, 2018

I am so thankful to find this group and appreciate all of the sories, it is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1071896/

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 20, 2024

Hi, folks, just checking in between the holidays, hope everyone had a reasonably good one-- without...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/970843/

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Nov 26, 2023

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