Read the full article by Jeremy Cox (Bay Journal)
“If Rachael Chaney ever gets down about her myriad health problems, she knows that crying won’t help. She is allergic to her own tears.
For years, the 45-year-old mother of two was mystified about what was going on with her body. About seven years ago, doctors diagnosed her with lupus, an incurable disease that leads to joint swelling, fatigue and a host of other problems. Then, new symptoms flared up a year and a half ago: coughing, trouble using her voice and disfigurement of the cartilage in her nose and ears. Chaney was eventually diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis, an affliction thought to affect only 1 in 285,000 people.”…