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Making sound healthcare choices as you battle lupus can be difficult. With the constant pain physically and emotionally, it can be your least favorite thing to think about. Oftentimes as...

Black Friday. When we hear these words, most of us think of frenzied crowds charging through Walmart doors, exhausted sales associates and harangued store managers, and people filling their carts...

Like many of you, I am on a constant search to organize my medications, auxiliary medications, braces, and many other items that I need to manage my lupus. I travel a...

Botox injections are used for a wide variety of medical conditions. I’ve been getting them for cervical dystonia over the past year. I have severe muscle tension in my neck...

I remember "pre-lupus" when my workouts were plentiful, and fatigue was at a minimum. There was a time when working out and exercising did not cause my body to be...

Twelve years ago, I sat in a rheumatologist's office for the first time. "You have lupus," she said. "I'm going to start you on a dose of Plaquenil or hydroxychloroquine."...

I am currently experiencing lupus at a rate of several WTFs per incident. I’m operating in a level of confusion that overrides my desire to just sit quietly in pain...

I recently came down with a rather nasty virus. I was concerned it may have been COVID but I was relieved when my PCR test results came back negative. Although...

I first started dealing with chronic pain and illness in 2015. Each year since then, I’m determined that this will be the season of my life where I don’t have...

Lupus patients are often fatigued and need more rest than the general population – which is why it’s so frustrating that many people with lupus experience insomnia as a symptom...

When we hear the term "hospital bag," we think of a sweet decorative bag full of onesies and maternity clothes. What if we thought about that term to describe those...

It was a cold dark night. I could hear the wolves howling at the moon. A cool breeze came through my window and I shuddered. As I closed the window...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is anxiety in the aftermath of a traumatic event. You may think of it happening to a soldier returning from war or a victim of...

It suddenly dawned on me yesterday that I have spent half of my life being sick and it’s a pretty scary thought! I was diagnosed with lupus about 14 years...

My problems with chronic dry eye appeared suddenly a few months after I was diagnosed with lupus. While on a road trip with my husband, I suddenly couldn’t make out...

It’s been a long time that I have had to wear a mask. Not the mask because of the pandemic but, the mask of making myself look well when I...

Corticosteroids, also called steroids, are often used to treat lupus. Prednisone is the most commonly prescribed steroid for lupus. While it is effective at reducing inflammation and its symptoms, it...

During my second semester of grad school, I continued to search for a diagnosis. I was growing sicker and sicker. The brain fog intensified and the fatigue became unbearable. I...

Since my lupus symptoms began, one of the main issues I have struggled with has been a near-constant foggy-headed feeling that seems to come and go with intensity. In the...

Just recently I was in a car accident, my second car accident. This time my daughter and husband were in the car with me. This emotional experience impacted me deeply...