Category Archives: Announcements

Babysteps…

We’ve been busy trying to find, organize, correct and place all of our information onto the new blog.  Since we had to revamp everything – meaning we couldn’t just transfer information, we had t......

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week 2009

Here we go! Monday, September 14th is the beginning of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week 2009  and there will a lot of great people out there offering a great deal of informatio......

Local pilot program/research study call for participants

My Life Works Today! has been invited to design a curriculum using an internationally-recognized communications system to use for managing chronic illness. We are looking for a few participants ......

Book Group begins today!

We are beginning a group chat today about the book by Tina Vindum (2009) entitled Outdoor Fitness.  You might wonder why, especially for us Oregonians, we are going to cover a book like this as......

Over the ‘wurst’ of it

So you are probably groaning right now and understandably so – lame title, I know.  However, it fits what has been going on here and I will explain a little about the silence in my postin......

It’s all a blur

I had no idea it would take me this long to get back into writing here.  Thank you all who wished me well on the trip ~ your encouragement helped me to completely forget about any challenges lup......

Hallo!

It took a little more than a few clicks of my heels, but I’ve made it back from vacation in one piece.  It may be a little early to tell about how I held up and I have plenty to write abou......

Still flying the friendly skies, just with different flight plans

This past weekend, we celebrated our country’s independence here in the US.  In the midst of my celebrating, I began my preparations to go on vacation with my family and really struggled t......

A “Hello” from Kathy of the LFA Pacific NW Chapter

Hi Members and Friends, I am Kathy Casey, the Executive Director of Lupus Foundation of America, Pacific Northwest Chapter.  I will be celebrating 8 years here this month and have to say that I......

A new lupus book that speaks from the heart

  When facing my lupus diagnosis, I sought out many books covering medical terms, confusing symptoms, current and potential treatment options – all to quench my thirst for conquering this ......