Pain wakes me at 3:18 a.m., reminding me that lupus stopped me from working. “Yeah, I know,” I sleep-whisper and stare at the digital clock until box breathing cools me back to sleep. An hour later, 4:30 a.m. is on the clock, and inner-me rebuts, but it didn’t end…
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It seems like there should be some decisions a person never has to make for themself. Standing before the consultation window at the pharmacy, I found myself faced with a question that made me wonder: Is this a real question? Am I supposed to know the answer to this, too?…
Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can affect multiple systems in the body.
While the cause of lupus is often unknown, it is possibly due to a combination of genetics and the environment.
Lupus affects people in different ways, and symptoms vary among patients. Symptoms come and go during periods called flares.
