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The Story of AARDA

Michelle — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:49:25 +0000

AMERICAN AUTOIMMUNE RELATED DISEASE ASSOCIATION

Please Stop The Pain For Chronic/Intractable Pain Sufferers

Michelle — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:56:25 +0000

I know, I’ve been invisible for quite a while now.. Still battling depression, it’s an ongoing thing. I need to get back ‘out there’ and posting is one of the things I need to do to feel good. I have a list of people I need to call/write/hug, and a house to clean, ha! [...]

Cure JM a finalist! 250,000 for research!!!!

Michelle — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:04:00 +0000

I just wanted to drop a quick THANK YOU for all of you out there who diligently texted and facebooked and on-site voted for Cure JM to win in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Oh my gosh, I still can’t believe we won!!!!! It’s amazing, wonderful, incredible, and oh so needed! Thank you. All the [...]

Pepsi Refresh Project; Cure JM in 4th Place!

Michelle — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:26:06 +0000

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I posted earlier about Cure JM having a chance at a $250,000 grant from Pepsi and we still do! Voting is open until the end of August. In July we were in 12th place and as of today we are in 4th. Woot Woot!! The top two will each receive [...]

Make Juvenile Myositis A Memory!

Michelle — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:43:32 +0000

Pepsi is hosting a contest and is giving away 250K to the winner! I’m supporting Make Juvenile Myositis a Memory by The Cure JM Foundation. About 5,000 kids in the US are affected by this disease, putting it in the ‘rare disease’ category. But just because that number isn’t astronomical, doesn’t mean that they [...]

June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month-yes, I’m late!

Michelle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:17:54 +0000

I’ve been a little backwards lately…a lot going on in the Lane. I wanted to talk about MG and APS as both have awareness months in June. Even though I kind of missed the boat on talking about them earlier it’s ok, as long as word gets out, it’s ok if it’s late. Right?? [...]

Have lupus? The Lupus Alliance of America needs your help

Michelle — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:54:03 +0000

In the beginning of my illness, I was told that I had lupus. I immediately went home, cried, then read everything I could get my hands on. I was online reading medical journal material, lupus blogs, lab reference sites, everything and anything (except for sites with no reputation, and the ‘cure all’ sites, ugh).

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The Doc with some Bach

Michelle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:03 +0000

I like this PSA. I think the doc is coolio.

Enjoy,

I’ll be back,

The Power of 10

Michelle — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:36:14 +0000

I am bed-bound at the moment and pretty darn low. I have written and revised and rehashed a post until is was about 2 sentences long to cut out all of my whining and/or negativity as my body is really kicking the crap out of me. I’m just going to post this awesome video about [...]

The story of ‘Lucy’ by Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook

Michelle — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:37:20 +0000

Here’s a little info from Julian Lennon about Lucy. I really like the song, it’s catchy. Check out the video, it’s an interesting story, and remember you can download the song from iTunes and portions of the proceeds goes equally to The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and the St. Thomas Lupus Trust in London.

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