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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 [...]

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?? [...]

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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The Arthritis Foundation, “Inspiring Others”

Michelle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:54:50 +0000

This video asks to forward on to friends and family and this is the fastest and easiest way to do it!

I heart the Arthritis Foundation!

I’ve been gone for a few months. I’ll go into that in another post, loooong story. I would like to apologize to all the readers who left [...]

Thank You Rob Thomas for giving us Her Diamonds!!

Michelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:19:14 +0000

I am so glad I saw something about this on Facebook. Here is an excerpt from the bio on Rob Thomas’ website:

The album’s first single, the kaleidoscopic “Her Diamonds,” is the most personal song Thomas has yet committed to disc. Rob’s wife Marisol is courageously battling an autoimmune disease, and “Her Diamonds” was [...]

Shout out-

Michelle — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:20 +0000

to the LA Lupus Lady for doing her thing, again! She really inspires me and I am so thankful that she gets out there, tirelessly I might add, and is promoting every event and every chance to raise money and awareness for lupus. I posted last month about the event that’s still come in [...]

Arthritis Act-Floor Vote Today! Please Call Your Reps this am!!!

Michelle — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:01:29 +0000

OKaayyy, I totally slept in and almost missed this, flu has really gotten to me. Enough about me, time is of the essence so I’m just copying and pasting from my email…

Arthritis Act Scheduled for Floor Vote Today!

Call your representative this morning

The US House of Representatives has scheduled a [...]