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We have all been there – work, school, and maintaining a household. Some things that most don’t think twice about. It is just a part of adulthood, but for us...

As lupus patients, our health can sometimes take a turn that requires immediate medical attention – which means a trip to the ER and most likely a hospital stay. Lupus...

Do you ever feel like you are in a dark place? Like you can’t crawl out of a lupus flare before another flare takes a hold on you? Do you...

At almost 30 years old, in 2016, the word disability wasn’t even in my vernacular. Sure I knew what it was. I knew a few people in my support group...

When I moved back home, I didn’t think things in the system would become even harder to deal with. I just had to make a shift in my life because...

I crave food! I crave food! I crave food all of the time! Whenever my rheumatologist and I discuss a regimen of prednisone, I find an excuse to avoid the...

Fatigue is an intense feeling that many people do not fully understand until they are living with it. Fatigue is very different from just feeling tired. When we are tired...

There are so many things that I am tired of saying because of my autoimmune disease. Most of it relates to spousal support. There have been times when people told...

Being diagnosed with lupus was probably one of most difficult moments you have had to deal with. You most likely had a whirlwind of emotions and negative thoughts. In all...

“While writing about my health issues has not cured them, it has helped me develop better coping skills and even contributed to better management of my symptoms (and I could...

“You have the strength to get up.” Many years ago, a woman got up in a room full of over 300 lupus patients and caregivers and made this statement to...

I am a stay-at-home mom and a work-at-home mom, but almost never at the same time. This is because I’m also a lupus mom and I don’t have enough spoons...

Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...

I had to give up my career in the travel industry 15 years ago which was an incredibly difficult time in my life, I absolutely loved my job and I...

Our Editorial Team spoke with Racquel Dozier, an advocate for the Lupus.net community who has been writing about her lupus journey for our community since 2020. Racquel was diagnosed officially...

When I decided to make a lupus video for Facebook, I did not expect to get the recognition that I would get. All my life I only heard my mother...

At my very first support group meeting, I walked into the Italian restaurant with sweaty hands. Not even the aroma of garlic bread and marinara sauce could settle the nervousness...

Thank you to all who entered this giveaway! The giveaway is now closed. Winners will be notified via email by June 5, 2021. Enter to win the blanket and book...

May is Lupus Awareness Month. This year we honor the incredible community of people who are living with lupus. Too often those living with lupus are not understood by family...

Parenting a young child is physically demanding, and it’s often around-the-clock work. It’s been harder on my body than I expected. I constantly find myself at a crossroads where I...