Category Archives: Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes

May and Lupus back in the spotlight

Here we are again~ National Lupus Awareness Month.  International Lupus Awareness Day is May 10th.  In Oregon, SB348 (Senate Bill 348 designates May of each year as Lupus Awareness Month and ma......

Irish Blessings to you all~

I love proverbs~ especially the cut-to-the-chase Irish variety.   I sat and read several on the  Irish Abroad  website, which is where I always seem to end up for anything Irish, while planning......

New MLWT Partnership: Meet the APSFA

I would like to welcome Tina Pohlman, as our newest MLWT Guest contributor.  She is the President, Co-Founder, Executive Director of the APS Foundation of America, Inc. .  She is also an APS an......

Holding onto the little things to fuel our tomorrows

As I begin to close my 2010 and prepare for a new one, I look back over the tumultuous last three months with a heavy heart. In fact, I went through pictures from holiday seasons past this year......

♫ One of these things is not like the other…one of these things just doesn’t belong… ♫

Aviva, who authors the blog Sick Momma,  is hosting PFAM (Patients For A Moment) Blog Carnival this coming Wednesday, November 10th.  Her theme was to have people contribute their experiences, c......

So Much to Learn — So Little Time

“What advice would you give, or what would you want non-chronically ill people to know about your illness and your life?” This question brought up something I hadn’t thought about in years.  Alt......

A Picture Worth a Thousand Flares

I’ve been around the block a bit when it comes to knowing what I should and should not do because of my lupus. (Note: the lower case “l”)  For over a decade, I have managed my living with illnes......

Breathing Lessons

Having a book to read is never a problem and I have the bookshelves to prove it.  My biggest dilemma is in deciding which book to read.  I immediately head to the library when I get stuck choosi......

Knowing Where Illness Stops and Love Begins

I’m working down my catch up list of posts and have reached this trailer for a new movie that addresses living with illness (lupus) and learning to love right along with it. Check out Love......

Becoming a Tree Hugger

  Last month, I went on a hike through Tryon State Park with my new friend, MLWT Guest Blogger and Acupuncturist, Becca Seitz .  Despite my constant and intense headaches weeks prior, I felt th......

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