Tag Archives: Pacific Northwest

Wear Purple Today and Give Yourself Some Recognition

  There is a month full of campaigns for lupus awareness~ I’ll try to make note of as many as I can. What I would really like to do is encourage you to wear purple today and show not only ......

Today is World Lupus Day~

  What does this day mean for you?

Teaching this ‘old’ dog some self-care tricks

With the return of my lupus symptoms during the holiday ‘flare’, I’ve been making a more conscious effort to notice the decisions I make in treating them. Usually, I only take two medications to......

2012: The Year of ‘There and back again’

I always look forward to the New Year, full of potential and new experiences.  I no longer make resolutions, only because they come with them old pressures and negative mental tapes of past fail......

Arthritis Road Show Free Education Presentations

This traveling community presentation offering will be available beginning this Saturday and provide speakers, e-advocacy opportunities and more information about theOregon’s Arthritis Foundatio......

Whatcha’ doing today at 5pm, Oregon and SW Washington?

A quick note about our LFA Pacific NW Chapter’s webinar today~ “Living With Lupus” featuring Philip Moberg, MD out of Seattle.  He will be offering an overview of the disease and its many form......

Applying the brakes and taking back the wheel

  If you had asked me in January whether I realized how much my 2011 goal of  catching up would bring on a domino effect leaving me buried still into February, I would’ve scoffed…and you ......

Happy Halloween!

The minute I saw him incubating in the garden, I knew I had to bring him to life.  What I didn’t know is that this little guy was harboring his own secret…just like me. What began a......

World Arthritis Day~ Do Blue!

Today, the internet is all abuzz over anything regarding Arthritis.  If you are on Twitter,  there is a “Twitter Party” going on where you can submit questions to the Arthritis Foun......

Writing and Lupus ~ Make Your Mark in Research

Here is an interesting opportunity for any of you who are living with lupus and use writing as a way of coping.  If you’re uncomfortable with getting involved in research using experimenta......

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