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My family, Ordinary people fighting an extraordinary battle
My name is Elizabeth. I am a young mother of two beautiful daughters, married to the most wonderful man in the world. I created this site to help others avoid something like the harrowing nightmare I endured while a patient at Overlake Hospital.
For reasons that still seem totally inexplicable, the life threatening autoimmune illness that nearly took my life in 1997 (struggling with still today) was grossly misdiagnosed at Overlake Hospital as a “mental condition” — without much of a diagnostic work-up (Overlake Hospital also SUED ME for my refusal to pay THEM $600 of ER co-pays on these misdiagnostic/tortuous visits. I was barely alive during the case against me … unbelievable.) My illness is called polyarteritis nodosa, which is really just an inflammation of the arteries, but, it kills without very aggressive treatment. I also have an additonal problem with life threatening allergies to chemicals and solvents/plastics and many foods/food additives. I form IgE antibodies to the IgE receptor (allergic to myself — which is an autoimmune phenomenon.) My illness(es) is part of the differential diagnosis for my presenting symptoms (severe hives, asphyxiating swelling and asthmatic symptoms), which can be varified in any laypersons medical text (Allergy for Dummies, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Allergies), or in any medical student textbook. 66% of people with my condition will die without treatment in 1 year.
