Scleroderma Warriors | Kari Dickerson | Activity https://sclerodermawarriors.org/members/karid12/activity/ Activity feed for Kari Dickerson. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:12:28 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4b726c7a0c42c8c402e3441d26fa1820 Kari Dickerson replied to the topic How did you explain your diagnosis to friends and family? in the forum Scleroderma Warriors Forum https://sclerodermawarriors.org/topic/how-did-you-explain-your-diagnosis-to-friends-and-family-2/#post-789 Wed, 26 May 2021 00:18:45 -0500 I don’t have kids or husband, so maybe that makes it easier? I have been telling friends and family members (the ones I am close to) slowly. I tell them it is an autoimmune condition that tells the cells that produce collagen (scar tissue) to produce too much, resulting in hardening of skin, as well as cells of blood vessels, etc. I very briefly…Read more

]]> e8c109d7531982554438b404ab1c77b5 Kari Dickerson replied to the topic Scleroderma Warriors General Discussion in the forum Scleroderma Warriors Forum https://sclerodermawarriors.org/topic/scleroderma-warriors-general-discussion/#post-788 Wed, 26 May 2021 00:06:36 -0500 Thanks for the encouragement! I meet with the local rheumotologist tomorrow to review the results of his tests, though they weren’t very focused on SSc. I plan to get a referral to a specialist, though it will require traveling a bit

]]> 70f86bb789be788a4fbf4154f4b64ede Kari Dickerson changed their profile picture https://sclerodermawarriors.org/activity/p/158/ Tue, 25 May 2021 23:46:06 -0500 0 51443ff64a8cb43c984e8cce664825a2 Kari Dickerson replied to the topic Welcome to Scleroderma Warriors General Forum! in the forum Warriors with Scleroderma General Forum https://sclerodermawarriors.org/topic/welcome-to-scleroderma-warriors-general-forum/#post-663 Thu, 13 May 2021 17:46:22 -0500 I posted details in the forum for newly diagnosed, but the short answer for here – I was officially diagnosed a month ago, still undergoing tests with the rheumotologist. All too new still for me to have tips, other than how important it is to stay present, not think about future days, months or years, just what I have today. I have learned a LOT…Read more

]]> 50b0f9f15a0d0fed6306eb8bdd0fa447 Kari Dickerson replied to the topic in the forum Members https://sclerodermawarriors.org/reply/579/#post-662 Thu, 13 May 2021 17:42:20 -0500 This looks like a new forum/site, but I am eager to break through the isolation and the vision and mission of this looks awesome, so I will take a risk and jump in.

I had a marker in my blood work about 7 years ago that said I might develop CREST (systemic sclerosis), but I had no symptoms at all at the time and nothing else was done. Then…Read more

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