[mary2013]

I have a belief that DDD is just a symptom of auto immune and the auto immune actually came first. Basically, my theory is that my bacteria attacked certain parts of my body and it happened to include my discs. I have L4 - S1 ADR from DDD and I have cartilage deterioration in my hips, but I am also seeing a rheumatologist tomorrow for possible sjogren's syndrome. It is interesting that so many of the symptoms include the "drying out" of parts. I guess it doesn't matter if the chicken or the egg came first, but it is very interesting what is occurring at a micro level within each of us.