I stopped by my You Tube account the other day and I’m glad I did.  I got a message from Chandra, (theleepchatchannel), telling me about her new campaign for awareness.  It’s called LEEP for Lupus ™.  I really liked her video that...
Topics: Advocacy, autoimmune, Autoimmune blog, Autoimmunity, Chronic illness, Chronic Illness Blog, connective tissue disorders, discoid lupus, Health, immune system, LEEP for Lupus™, lupus, lupus awareness, plaquenil, prednisone, SLE, Systemic lupus erythematosus, video, videos

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Image by ~jjjohn~ via FlickrIt’s safe to say I can’t stand depression.  I mean who does?  It sucks, sucks, sucks.  I know that it is a chemical tweak in my head, I know that things are better than they seem, I know that I won’t feel..
Topics: Autoimmune blog, Chronic Illness Blog, depression, Health, Life, pain, suicide pain

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There is so much going on with my body I’m just spinning.  My muscles from the waist down go into lockdown mode anytime I lay down.  My superfun pittingedema (say it fast 3 times-it sounds like a Mexican dish) comes and goes, weeeee!  And, the...
Topics: ascites, Autoimmunity, autoimmunity blog, Chronic Illness Blog, cortisol, Cushing's syndrome, edema, Health, Life, thyroid, unexplained weight gain

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Image by Warm ‘n Fuzzy via FlickrI spent this Easter in bed, dozing off and on with the laptop sliding off of my legs every now and then.  Not my ideal Easter.  The Big C cooked a delicious ham with all the fixins- and I slept.  The kids had an..
Topics: Adult Onset Still's Disease, Autoimmune blog, Autoimmunity, Chronic Illness Blog, David Bowie, Easter, edema, fat legs, Health, Humor, JRA, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Life, methotrexate, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, videos, whining

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So I’m laying flat on my back hiding from the mob in the house (kids, grandkids, the works) and I decided to go through my bookmarks and get rid of all the crap that I don’t use, have never looked at, and if there’s time before morning..
Topics: Arts, Blog, dancing, Do Re Mi, Humor, Life, shimmyshakinohyeaahboy, singing, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, videos

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