4-A Sisters Club would like to Spot Light one of Lafayette’s Lupus Warrior: Her name is DaShonda Tyler, from Lafayette LA. A mother of 3 kids (Destinee 22, Dontrayl 20, & Jalen 15). AFTER 3 YEARS OF GASTROENTEROLOGIST, NEUROLOGIST, ENDOCRINOLOGIST, PULMONOLOGIST, HEMATOLOGIST, & CARDIOLOGIST visits she began thinking that maybe all this was her head🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️.
Finally her primary doctor said “DASHONDA” this not in your head, u are kinda crazy but, she knew something was going on😩🤣🤣. She then said let’s get you to a rheumatologist (Dr. Yeturi is by far the best💜). It just took for that ONE dr to go the extra mile when it came to having test ran. On 5-24-2019 her ANA came back positive & she cried bc she knew that her life what have known for years would now change & bc she finally knew what was wrong with her.
She have gone thru SOOOO many changes in her life dealing with this & the ONLY ppl that can relate are people that share the same illness bc some of her family/friends think it’s for attention or they feel like u was just fine now your hurting 😏😏…her advice to anyone is that only YOU know your body & when something isn’t right so you have to PUSH your doctors to do the test.
Don’t let lupus define who you are, KEEP PUSHING, FIGHTING, & LIVING.