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		<title>Cure JM a finalist! 250,000 for research!!!!</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/09/03/cure-jm-a-finalist-250000-for-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t believe we won!!!!!  It&#8217;s amazing, wonderful, incredible, and oh so needed! Thank you. All the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pepsi Refresh Project; Cure JM in 4th Place!</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/08/16/pepsi-refresh-project-cure-jm-in-4th-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia 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 the grants.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infusion, Confusion, Intermission&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/08/05/infusion-confusion-intermission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the process of getting a new treatment this week. It&#8217;s called IVIg and it&#8217;s exciting and it sucks. When I say it sucks, it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m the lucky &#8217;50%&#8217; that the nurse said would get a killer headache. It&#8217;s the worst one I&#8217;ve ever had.   I am banking so much on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Juvenile Myositis A Memory!</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/07/24/make-juvenile-myositis-a-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pepsi is hosting a contest and is giving away 250K to the winner! I&#8217;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 &#8216;rare disease&#8217; category. But just because that number isn&#8217;t astronomical, doesn&#8217;t mean that they don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Proud American Family-online.</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/07/03/a-proud-american-family-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever happened on a blog, through a blog of a blog?  I was reading a blog one day and there was a comment from someone who had an interesting user name.  So, I clicked his link and started to read his blog.  Which brought me to his brother&#8217;s blog, which I became totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month-yes, I&#8217;m late!</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/07/01/june-is-myasthenia-gravis-awareness-month-yes-im-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a little backwards lately&#8230;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&#8217;s ok, as long as word gets out, it&#8217;s ok if it&#8217;s late.  Right??  I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back! And feelin wiggy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/06/04/im-back-and-feelin-wiggy/</link>
		<comments>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/06/04/im-back-and-feelin-wiggy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe we are halfway through the year and I&#8217;m still pretty much holding down my bed. There are SO many things that; have happened/are happening/are going to happen, it is overwhelming at times. I can&#8217;t post about them specifically as they are family issues, but the stress has all but immobilized me. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffalo Humps and Muffin Tops, Welcome to the World Of Prednisone!</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/05/11/buffalo-humps-and-muffin-tops-welcome-to-the-world-of-prednisone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is by Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries; a Christian non-profit for the chronically ill.  Rest Ministries puts out Hopekeepers Magazine as well as hosting a social networking site called Restministries and Hopekeepers Sunroom.  I&#8217;m a big fan of Lisa, who started this all up on her own while battling crippling RA.  If you check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depressed and optimistic, is that possible?</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/05/07/depressed-and-optimistic-is-that-possible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I have dropped off the radar again.  Not intentionally;  the days just seem to meld into one long day, and I&#8217;ve been so sick, time is getting away from me.  I haven&#8217;t talked to my best friend in at least a month.  Again, not intentionally.  I&#8217;ve written so many &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry&#8217; emails in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have lupus? The Lupus Alliance of America needs your help</title>
		<link>http://arimayasheart.com/2010/03/26/have-lupus-the-lupus-alliance-of-america-needs-your-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8216;cure all&#8217; sites, ugh). I [...]]]></description>
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