Have I Given Up? The Search for Joy in My Battle

I don’t make resolutions. It seems that now they have been replaced with mantras and buzzwords. However, my daughter asked me on New Year’s Day if I had something that could give me life guidance this year. I told her that instead of constantly trying to find ways to monetize…

I’m Traveling to Vietnam, Even with Lupus

I finally made it. I worked my butt off all year and pushed through one last week of grueling early starts, and now I’m on the plane. Destination: Vietnam. This is my fourth overseas venture since being diagnosed with lupus. Every trip, I compare how I travel with lupus to…

Wanting to Live Abroad, but Blocked by Lupus

As I sit writing this in a small pub in Edinburgh, Scotland, I’m both elated and disheartened. In the last 28 days, I’ve traveled in 10 countries throughout Europe, falling more and more in love with each destination I discover. My love for the world has swelled…

3 Travel Considerations to Protect Your Lungs

Lupus is a complex condition that can affect several different parts and organs in the body—including the lungs. While traveling with a lung condition does require some careful consideration, having a lung condition doesn’t mean that you have to be confined to the house. The British Lung Foundation has some…

5 Things to Know About Traveling With Lupus

Pretty much everyone likes to travel. But sometimes it’s not as easy as it should be–for several reasons. For healthy people, traveling can sometimes be tiring, exhausting and hard to plan, but for someone living with a chronic illness it can be even harder. Take lupus patients as an example.