Whew, now that’s a mouthful. Yes indeed I am going to combine three posts in one because I’ve got chemo brain and I can’t stay focused. Well no, actually, all of this came together in one day during chemo. Today was my day to sit in a chair and look stupid for a couple [...]

This is where I hang my head in shame to say for many years my stove sat as nothing more than installation art in my kitchen. What did I do all those years? I did what most do, I purchased sodium packs that I could easily pop into a microwave oven for another [...]

To kick-off National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month, the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) released a report on the current state of autoimmune disease (AD) and its economic and social impact globally and in the U.S. The summit is taking place today, March 3, and unfortunately I was not able to get to the site in [...]

There is a wonderful show on A&E about psychic kids. I love this show and I’m glad to see it because it encourages kids to accept the gifts they were given and find empowerment, acceptance and more importantly, no fear. Sometimes we know that we know unfortunately, because we are encouraged to be [...]

I cannot plan anything. Really, I can’t. Last evening I was supposed to attend a “Girls Night In” dinner party with friends. We were all to bring a dish — one of our favorites — and the plan was to sit, eat, talk, laugh and drink. Needless to say, for me [...]

The other day I received some sad news about a young girl who lost her battle with lupus. Like me, she too had lupus nephritis. For the past few days I have been asking myself why it is that me, the old fart, is still around when so many younger than I are [...]