Getting Closer To Myself

For the upcoming edition of Patients For A Moment , Queen of Optimism asks: What is the nicest thing (or things) anyone has done for you si...

Welcome to the latest edition of the patient-centered blog carnival, Patients For A Moment. The posts submitted for this edition were based...

I’ll be hosting the “ Patients For A Moment ” – a patient-centered blog carnival created by Duncan Cross – on July 14th. Here is my questio...

There are always blog posts to be written. Things I want to write about, but can’t, don’t know how to, or simply don’t have time. I’ve wante...

Like life in general, lupus is a learning curve. You’re not equipped with everything you need to know the day you’re born. And I wasn’t eq...

Lately I’ve been suffering from a case of what I will call “blogstipation.” I have plenty of ideas of what to write about, but I’m all plugg...

Holy June Batman! Wow, time is flying by, and I haven’t been posting much lately. As a quick update, I’ve been teaching undergrad stats du...

Lately, I find myself saying “the lupus” not “lupus”, when referring to the disease because I think it may be gaining ground… One thing that...

I attend(ed) two “in-person” support groups; one on campus through the student health clinic, which I helped start, and one off campus spons...

May is Lupus awareness month. And today is World Lupus Day. I cited an article in my last post, Time Is A Luxury We Don’t Have , about you...

“[…] I will remember you Will you remember me? Don’t let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories […]” -“I Will Remember You,” Sarah ...

About a month ago, I wrote a post about the book, “Despite Lupus” , by Sara Gorman. I enjoyed reading the book, but was left with a lot of ...

On Saturday, my blog turns two! I can’t believe that I started this blog two years ago, just a week after receiving my diagnoses of lupus a...

“[…] And if you call, I will answer and if you fall, I’ll pick you up and if you court this disaster I’ll point you home […]” - “Call and An...

(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...