Urticaria Vasculitis

[Warpy]

2. No matter how wretched the diagnosis

it's always a relief when we finally get one. Just because it's rare doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I walked out of Mass. General onto the main street, faced south, and yelled "WRONG AGAIN, MA!" It only took 14 years to get a diagnosis that didn't involve blaming me and denying how bad the pain was.

I hope your GP listens and refers you to the appropriate docs, a dermatologist and/or a rheumatologist to determine how much blood to suck out of your veins and what to test it for.

And like you said, knowing what it is usually means knowing how to treat it.