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Kaelin

My name is Kaelin and I have had scleroderma since 2003. I first noticed that my fingers were started to turn blue, then I began to get painful sores on them that did not heal.

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Miki

Hi. My name is Miki. I was diagnosed with scleroderma around 1988. At the time, my symptoms were swollen fingers.

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Pat

My name is Pat. I was diagnosed with Scleroderma in 1976!!!! At that time was working in the Emergency Room at Kaiser Hayward as a Registered Nurse.

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Nancy

My name is Nancy. I have had Raynauds for at least 25-years, and Scleroderma for ten years. I was teaching at Independence High School in San Jose, when I was diagnosed with Scleroderma.

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Travis

I am Travis - my wife has had Scleroderma since 1994. Numerous things go through your mind when you discover that your loved one has a chronic disease that may kill her at any time.

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Mary Lou

Hi. My name is Mary Lou. I was diagnosed with diffuse scleroderma on 12/9/96. My symptoms started 3 months earlier in September with fatigue, anemia, and swollen hands, feet and lower legs.

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Minnie

My name is Minnie. I was diagnosed with Scleroderma in 1994 when I was in my mid-50's. The information I was given by my doctors left the impression that I would only live about another 5 years, devastating news for both myself and my husband.

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Newsflash

Researchers at Princeton University used DNA microarrays to characterize gene expression patterns in skin biopsies from individuals with a diagnosis of systemic sclerosis with diffuse scleroderma.