Make Juvenile Myositis A Memory!

Michelle | July 24, 2010

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 don’t [...]

Buffalo Humps and Muffin Tops, Welcome to the World Of Prednisone!

Michelle | May 11, 2010

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’m a big fan of Lisa, who started this all up on her own while battling crippling RA.  If you check [...]

Have lupus? The Lupus Alliance of America needs your help

Michelle | March 26, 2010

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). I [...]

The Doc with some Bach

Michelle | February 4, 2010

I like this PSA.  I think the doc is coolio. Enjoy, I’ll be back,

The Power of 10

Michelle | January 13, 2010

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 Erica. The [...]