This blog began with the intention of sharing my experience of living with lupus, hoping […]
Warning: Lupus Can Induce Lupus Crying
Sometimes lupus life overwhelms me and every fear, anxiety, frustration, anger, pain and sadness pours out of my eyes, flooding my cheeks. I’m content not knowing why I cried. Maybe my body felt too much and it decided to weep on my behalf.
Lupus Complications Keep Me On A Hamster Wheel
I apologize for my lengthy leave of absence on my blog. There has been dissention in my body – lupus complications plague me. I’m running on a lupus hamster wheel (and not losing any weight in the process – thank you very much).
Lupus Pain
Tears blurred my sight as I lost bearing of the blade on my knife as I chopped romaine lettuce. Everything in my body hurt – lupus pain was in rare form last tonight. I let myself cry away as I risked slicing a finger, mistaking it for a carrot or tomato.
Must Love Lupus
If I were single, how could I possible find a grain of energy to date someone? My nature is to remain reticence where I am safe. But the desire to find a companion might catapult me off the couch and onto the computer, searching for love despite my lupus and chronic illnesses.
“Me, Myself, & Lupus” – A Guest Writer’s Blog
I’m honored to share a guest article written by Emily who has lupus. She authors a blog which she credits as being her “online diary of life with a chronic illness”. Emily’s fluid writing style reads as if she’s having a conversation with you. I admire her candidness about how lupus affects her life.
Accidental Lupus Vacation
It has been a while since I posted an article that I authored and I humbly apologize for my lengthy absence. I do have a justified explanation, though. A short while back, I was in a car accident.
Being Young and Chronically Ill
When you are a teenager or young adult, chronic illness derails your life. You are trying to do everything your healthy friends and peers are doing, but most of the time you just can’t.