Getting Closer To Myself

So yesterday, today, and tomorrow, I have/had to go for steroid infusions. This is so Doctor C can taper me down on the prednisone and atte...

Why is it that we are supposed to trust doctors, who have a high level of intelligence, and yet, we know that Lupus is so often misdiagnosed...

Throughout this experience, the one thing I’ve truly desired from all parties involved is honesty and the truth. Doctor B filled me with a l...

I’ve decided as of late that one thing that will not help me move forward is looking back. Once I’ve made a decision about directions to go...

So, I’ve started to realize that my somewhat strained relationship with Doctor C is partly my fault. While that’s not to say that at times, ...

While this may not interest my more “serious” readers, I’ve become addicted to the "Shopaholic" book series by Sophie Kinsella. Ho...

Clark Kent Superman Dorky Sex Fiend Glasses Short Skirt Stupid jokes on the fly Holds the drink just to look cool Skinny Fat Mirror image ...

Life. Time. The way I feel. Tomorrow I might feel far better or worse than I do today. Being young, healthy, and spry. Some people get to l...

Especially with my lapses in memory and poor concentration (from both the illness and the medication), being an already organized person has...

I walk through the hospital, an already sterile, cold, uninviting environment. I see the glances I receive from people as I pass. She’s so ...

“Contradictions”: Will you recognize me when the day is done, when the journey is over? Will you be able to see beyond what time has done to...

I had 5 tubes of blood drawn today. Two to check my blood count levels because of the cellcept and three because it would appear that Docto...

Nosebleeds!!! After having two in the past week, I suspected that maybe this was from the cellcept, because the nosebleeds started just afte...

“Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield: “I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined I'm just beginning, the pen's in my h...

One thing that has always helped me stay grounded, even during the most stressful times of my life, is being organized (sometimes to a fault...

So, this blog has been up for about a week now and I’m curious to know what people think, assuming that there are people out there who are r...

One way that I’ve dealt with this has been by developing a rather wry sense of humor, which hasn’t really been appreciated by my doctors. Th...

I wonder at what point I will stop thinking that I am going to wake up and discover that all of this was just a bad dream. I know that thing...

Several months ago I read, “A Patient-Expert Walks You Through Everything You Need to Learn and Do – The First Year – Rheumatoid Arthritis –...

If you or anyone you know is going to be on prednisone or a similar steroid treatment for any length of time, you must read, “Coping With Pr...