Looking Back to When MCAS Began
Same person, but so many different "faces" One can not just start writing about living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) without first going through their years of symptoms beforehand...or can they? I'm sure it's possible, but I'm not one of those people who can. If you are a person who receives any type of text message from you, then you know I don't just write simple sentence answers. 😉 It took almost a decade. A DECADE. But after much frustration, resilience, patience, and personal advocacy, I finally have a diagnosis. I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). It all began around Christmas of 2009 when I began having gnarling, painful stomachaches that I was chalking up to stress-related ulcers because I was working during the day and getting my Master's Degree at night, all while being a newlywed. When the pains progressed and my body couldn't even tolerate drinking water, I knew there was something much more than what Doctors w