The Lupus and Autoimmune Blog

Portions of this article were originally published on TheMighty.com A friend recently asked me what my “spirit animal” would be. When I raised my Bert-like eyebrow, she added, “I’m serious, everyone has one!” I laughed, as a sloth immediately came to mind; like these creatures, I love to sleep, swimming is my favorite pastime and […]

My husband, God love him, is the healthiest freaking person on the planet. For real. Sick twice in the past 12 years we have been together. One of those times is when we both got the death flu. I thought we had Ebola for sure. Twelve days later, looking on par with the grim reaper, […]

Today on LupusChick we are kicking off with the wise words of Salt-N-Pepa who once said, “Let’s talk about sex baby,” and all the good things and bad things that may be.  The good things? Well, human touch for starters. We all crave it and it is proven to help us feel better physically and emotionally. […]

“Well you look healthy, are you sure you’re sick?” “I mean, it could be worse…” “You’re just being lazy, you should honestly get out more.” “You look awful.” “You’re probably sleeping too much!” “Get well soon!” Have you heard any of these before?  How do you feel after hearing them? The people that you may […]

The bags under the eyes. The prednisone bloat. Mood swings that would make the devil run away from you in horror. Rashes and mouth sores that make people do a double-take. Oh no, this isn’t the beginning of some scary movie…it’s a Lupus flare up! A Lupus flare is exhausting, unwelcomed, taxing, and vicious, and […]

This is a guest post by Ivy Shapiro. From November 2000 – June 2005 I was in out of the hospital more times than I can count for “catastrophic asthma”, syncope, slow gastric motility, and unexplained autoimmune issues. Finally, in 2005 I found both a rheumatologist and pulmonologist who gave me medications to take at […]