How effective are the medicines you’re on? The medications help but they have their own side effects which can be deadly sometimes. But the benefits outweigh the risks. I have been on prednisone on and off since I was about 21. Eventually you feel like you’re always popping pills which don’t make you better, but give you stomach problems. All […]
Living with lupus is hard but not a death sentence. Felicia defied many odds. Among them… In the midst of this horrible nightmare, I met my wonderful husband and we have an amazing thoughtful little boy named Jerry. He is my biggest reason for trying to outlive lupus. I thought lupus had robbed me of everything until I got pregnant. Pregnancy […]
Any other coping mechanisms? Laughter A good sense of humor helps because sometimes all you can do to not break down is realize it’s all laughable. I use humor to help me survive and deal with flare-ups. I find lupus jokes and send to fellow lupies, we laugh at our limitations. I find other people Iike me living with lupus and we […]
Felicia is incredibly blessed and grateful for a strong support system. She thanks her family, God and even Lupus too. Lupus has a tough fight ahead, dealing with me, my family, my husband, my son and God. Lupus doesn’t have a fighting chance. Today I have so much to live for I cannot afford to die, yet. Family I’m […]
By: Monica Victor How Nazy found out she had lupus, her battle to tame the wolf and the last year of her life. 3.18.84 — 3.2.15 Two dates separated by a dash etched on her headstone. The first, the day she was born; the second, the day she breathed her last. And the dash in between — well, […]
You’ve probably never heard of it but it’s one of the most pervasive and painful auto-immune diseases that exists. It is believed that 5 million people throughout the world have a form of lupus, yet many people had never heard about it until it hit close to home. There are about 4,280 cases per 100,000 population and the highest prevalence is […]
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