I have taken a few days off to tinker around, catch up with emails, chat with friends and do all sorts of varied and sundry things. Since my diagnosis with lupus in 2005, my life has been more reactionary then proactive and I so hate being reactionary.

Since 2005 I have had to learn to manage stress, learn to take time for relaxing and learn discipline when it comes to eating and staying on diet. It has been hard but, with the information I have gathered over the years I will put it all together now and learn from my scribbles what I can and cannot do and what I will need to do going forward.

As for this site, I have recently updated the links section with all of the links I have gathered over the years re blogs and communities. Do check out the Lupus Communities & Blogs section for an update on blogs I follow.

I am also battling — as I am wont to do — with whether to turn this site into a lupus community site or keep it as my personal blog. I dunno. With the emails I’ve received lately, I almost want to create a one-stop for communications regarding lupus. The jury is still out and I dunno. We’ll see.

I hope to do more soon but I must also do some things around the house like seed the yard, cover over Boxer dug holes as they have been exploring the world of gophers, and a there are things I need to attend to in and around the house.

My health update is good. The protein leak has improved significantly but I’m having problems with potassium. I had to increase my intake to 40 mg for a while until the labs look good. On the bright side, my dosage of prednisone has been decreased. Hooray. Hopefully, I’ll soon see my cheeks again.

I’ll return soon, until then, talk amongst yourselves.