Hospital for Special Surgery
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Lupus Awareness Month: Fear and Loathing
May is Lupus Awareness month, and between communing with other lupies via twitter and facebook and writing blog posts, I’m trying to do all I can to raise awareness for a disease that most people know nothing about yet that affects more people than many other well-publicized diseases. Click here for more info about lupus. … Read more
Trying to Do It All
I’m frequently guilty of trying to do it all. And before I felt the symptoms of lupus, I was often successful at it. Teaching while taking a heavy load of grad courses while student teaching? Sure! Why not? But I’m no longer able to take on quite as much; although, I try. But not without … Read more
Does Twitter Impact Your Health?
The other day as I was reading through a long queue of tweets, I noticed an overwhelmingly negative tone in all of them. From mundane complaints about feeling frustrated with loved ones to more serious complaints about feeling fed up with chronic pain, everyone seemed to be on a downhill slide. What was interesting was … Read more
The Non-Compliant Patient
Since getting a new rheumatologist in July, I feel as though I’ve been engaging in a polite battle of wits–or will–with him and his office staff. His staff said he required my medical records from my previous rheumy in order to accept me as a new patient. So I did as I was told. Later, … Read more
