Getting Closer To Myself

(This isn't my man. But this is a gift he got me when he was out of town. He said I need to have a doctor in the house when he's ...

I had taken a break from reading books about lupus or rheumatoid arthritis or chronic illness, mainly, I think, because I have really been e...

During my last flare, one of the lymph nodes in my left arm became swollen and painful. Nearly two weeks later, more nodes were involved an...

After hosting Patients For A Moment #18 and asking other patient bloggers about their relationship with illness, I decided that I should ex...

Welcome to the 18th edition of the patient-centered blog carnival, Patients For A Moment. The posts submitted were based on the following q...

I’ll be hosting the 18th edition “ Patients For A Moment ” – a patient-centered blog carnival created by Duncan Cross – on February 24th. H...

I was a little late, and didn’t end up submitting something for the latest edition of Patients For A Moment (PFAM), which was hosted by Sel...

I’ve been a bit absent from blogging lately because I’ve been waiting to get some closure on some issues I’ve had with Methotrexate (MTX). M...

A few weeks ago, I took this bag of change I had to a coin counting machine. I’ve had the change for maybe a year, and figured I probably ha...

At a recent support group meeting I went to, the leader asked us at the end of the meeting if any of us were offended that she refers to us ...

A month or so ago, I went to bed with a dull ache in my shoulders, which I assumed was from carrying groceries and other purchases after a s...

For all intents and purposes, 2009 seems to have been the year for lupus. There have been a lot of happenings surrounding the disease. MJ –...

There’s always something, isn’t there? It’s the holiday season, and lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are the gifts that keep on giving… I had ...

“[…] Open me up and you will see I’m a gallery of broken hearts I'm beyond repair, let me be And give me back my broken parts I just w...

Recently, one of my good friends got a tattoo to commemorate running her first marathon. I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo for awhil...

I guess you could say that I’m back in the dating saddle, which is both a good and bad thing. It’s definitely good that I’m moving on from m...

I read this great little book, “The Etiquette of Illness,” by Susan Halpern. This book offers advice, but isn’t preachy. And some books are ...

“I’m sorry I can’t help you, I cannot keep you safe I’m sorry I can’t help myself, so don’t look at me that way we can’t fight gravity on a ...