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"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others; you need to accept yourself." –Thich Nhat Hanh It can be hard to accept and...

Traveling can be really stressful. But, traveling during the pandemic with lupus or any other chronic illness just adds another layer of stress. Thankfully I love planning and swear I...

Lupus can really play tricks with our minds. It can have us thinking that we can't do anything in our lives. Sometimes it even hits us with anxiety and paranoia...

So, I went on a trip to the cabin for my mother’s birthday. I noticed many things that my mother and I have in common dealing with our lupus. I...

I got my 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in April 2021. When I became eligible for my booster shot it was during the time Omicron was all over the...

We all have those moments where we look back and wish we could change something from a particular moment in time. People living with lupus who took our 2nd Lupus...

The concept of FOMO (the fear of missing out) has been circulating for a while and has helped many people put a name on the anxiety they may feel about...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease. This means that instead of attacking invading germs, the body's immune system attacks its own skin and organs. Often, this assault by the immune system...

It can be frustrating to explain lupus over and over again to people who simply do not understand. This can lead to simplified answers to save time and energy. Our...

I must've lost count of the list of symptoms that lupus has given me. I often feel like some of them have a cycle. I can be experiencing pain in...

After the move to Atlanta, I finally met up with a primary doctor. I am completely in love with medical centers like Jencare. When I went there, they did a...

How many times have you lied about how you feel as you battle lupus? For me, I can't even count the number of times I've stretched the truth. I haven't...

Have you ever had that "whoa" moment when a doctor prescribes a medication? As in, "whoa, this medication has some scary warnings!" Sometimes I don't know what's scarier: waiting years...

"In sickness and in more sickness," my then-fiance and I joked in the months leading up to our wedding ceremony. We had dated 7 years before getting engaged. Three of...

Not me! I did not take it well when my extremely compassionate and thorough rheumatologist said: "Have you considered retiring?" My mind began to race… 'She can not be talking...

January 2022 marks the 5th anniversary of my lupus diagnosis. I've learned so many things over the past 5 years, and I've gone through a lot. Two pregnancies, 4 different...

The move to Atlanta was a big deal for me. I was without my medication for about 2 months which caused me to go to the ER and get a...

Beyond popular belief, 'NO' is a complete sentence. Sometimes as we battle lupus, we have a problem saying 'NO.' This can be because we feel bad for saying no or...

Living with lupus, I had to be very cautious when it came to my health, even before the pandemic hit. The common cold or the flu could affect my immune...

A lupus diagnosis can feel like being suddenly abandoned in a foreign land. You thought you understood how your body interacted with the world around you, only for all the...