The Lupus and Autoimmune Blog

Hey all! Cassandra here, making my LupusChick blog debut with one of my favorite topics: food. A couple weeks ago, I went into a root vegetable frenzy. Yams, carrots, parsnips, onions, garlic, and ginger. I was so intrigued by this roasted root vegetable recipe I found that I instantly bought enough produce to make multiple […]

Cooking brings me to my happy place. And baking? Well, let’s just say it helps me keep my sanity. Being in my kitchen and concentrating on recipe creation and production takes me out of my current reality for a little while. Plus, I love the photography part and setting the stage once the final product […]

*This post is written by Diamond, our guest blogger. Every chronic illness sufferer knows that his or her relationship with food is a complicated and turbulent matter. Many conditions are intrinsically linked to diet, and subsequent allergies and intolerances are likely. On the other hand, nearly everywhere you turn there are fad diets and magic […]

You know those beginning flare days with chronic illness where you’re starting to run out of energy, begin experiencing a little pain, but still have that little voice speaking to you, “Eat something healthy today!” Well, I experience these days like many of you and it is in these moments when I turn to some […]

This past May, my husband and I checked a box off my bucket list. Since long before my chronic illness diagnosis (15 years ago), I have wanted to visit Nova Scotia. Most of my life I have had a weird fascination with Canada, yet I had never been there! At the beginning of May, we […]

  This is a guest post from a fellow Lupus warrior (and terrific writer), Joanna Mechlinski No matter how old you get, it’s hard not to be swept up in the excitement of Halloween. There are parties, hilariously “scary” movies, and best of all, loads of candy! Who wouldn’t want to be a part of […]