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Chronic Illness and Pain: Are You Prepared?
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mpratt
I’m behind on my blog postings, again! Not because I didn’t want to put fingers to keyboard. Oh, no. Yesterday, the power in my neighborhood went out. Four times! My exercise consisted of walking around to reset my clocks – four times! And, I had to recreate work that I’d been typing into my computer…
Lupus: First Symptoms
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mpratt
The first significant symptom that I had that indicated something was seriously wrong was that my hair began coming out of my scalp in thick, cylindrical clumps, leaving behind smooth, round bald patches from which no further hair would grow. The first time this happened, I was sitting at my desk, working, and idly twirling…
Lupus Awareness Month: For Starters
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mpratt
May is Lupus Awareness Month, and during this time, I’ll be blogging frequently about aspects of the disease, living with it, and coping with it. I realize my personal experience is unique; each person with lupus has his or her own particular set of symptoms, manifestations, and treatment protocols, as well as attitudes and coping…
Chronic Illness: Determined Adaptation
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mpratt
Never say “give up!” That’s one of my mottos for life with lupus. The flare that was stirred up after I had to go off one of my lupus meds has also made me extremely sun- and fluorescent light sensitive, which made it difficult for me to spend much time writing over the past couple…
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