Mom Misdiagnosed With Postpartum Psychosis After Childbirth When She Really Had Autoimmune Diseases and Multiple Sclerosis

Kimberly has suffered through numerous tests and mis-diagnoses before getting the help she needed for MS and additional autoimmune related diagnoses

My name is Kimberly and my story begins in 1978. I woke up one morning, unable to move my legs or left arm and unable to get out of bed. At the time, I was only 18 years old. I went to the hospital, was [...]

My Mom Still has Hope Despite Battling Five Autoimmune Diseases (Scleroderma, Morphea, PAH, Lupus, and Raynaud’s)

Byrda & William Darmis, 2011. Byrda suffers from five autoimmune related diseases including Systemic Scleroderma, Morphea, Localized Scleroderma, Raynauds phenomenon, and discoid Lupus

My mother Byrda suffers from five autoimmune related diseases including “Systemic Scleroderma“, Morphea, Localized Scleroderma, Raynauds phenomenon, and discoid Lupus. Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease and  Mom has been hospitalized many times.  She has undergone skin grafts taken from her thighs to place and heal [...]