Inflammation is your immune system’s built in defense mechanism for fighting infection. But when your body can’t turn off the inflammation (like with lupus, or other auto-immune diseases) or you give it too many inflammation-causing foods/substances, inflammation can run rampant and cause some serious problems. Researchers are finding that uncontrolled inflammation plays a role in …
After over 2 years, today was my first prednisone free day. My rheumatologist and I have slowly been tapering my dosage down for the past 4 months, and I have only really noticed a slight change in my energy levels. My blood pressure already runs a little low, and I have had some trouble with …
Hi everyone! What blogs do you love? I am trying to find more blogs to read and link up with! Anything to do with what interests me (healthy living, lupus, running, autoimmune issues, ERF-ing, etc.) would be awesome! Leave me a link to YOUR blog and a few others that interest you!! …
I am getting married on June 8, 2013. Just a little over 5 months from now! Dun, dun, duuuuunnnnn. It is coming up fast. I am definitely not liking how I feel, or look right now. After a couple weeks of holiday eating, I feel lethargic and yucky. I haven’t worked out much due to …
Continuing on with my all about lupus series!! If you haven’t yet, read my first two installments, What IS Lupus and What is Lupus? Part Deux. My post today is about how physicians are now treating lupus! After a person’s diagnosis of lupus, and depending on your symptoms, your doctor (or doctors) will decide what the best …
You are going to fail. I’m not calling you a failure or trying to be rude! At one time or another, you are going to fall off the proverbial healthy living horse. It happens to me more often than I’d like to admit. However, I always get back on and keep going. Sometimes it seems …
