Dear Alysiak,
HELLO! Thank you so much for your comment - yes, I agree that keeping active does indeed improve our health. I should probably write in my next article that I actually was sick with a life-threatening case of lupus - my kidneys were what was being attacked, and they were supposedly the size of nerf footballs. I took 2.5 years of cytoxan (a breast cancer chemo) and that basically saved my life. So I feel I am the exception (and it sounds like you are too! What with your FABULOUS marathon-ing! That is "WoW"-fantastic) not the rule. All the literature I read states lupus "can be" life threatening - and in my case, it was. I'm healthy thanks to many things including early diagnosis. I'm trying to shed light on the seriousness of the disease and to also show people why they should donate - I think the biggest reason is because research and doctor-education dollars saved my life! What do you think ??? I too have osteoarthritis, and also fibro. I have Sjogren's too, but that is for another article. Please let me know your additional thoughts. Thank you. Very Best Regards, Regan
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Dear Alysiak,
June 16, 2009 - 5:35pmHELLO! Thank you so much for your comment - yes, I agree that keeping active does indeed improve our health. I should probably write in my next article that I actually was sick with a life-threatening case of lupus - my kidneys were what was being attacked, and they were supposedly the size of nerf footballs. I took 2.5 years of cytoxan (a breast cancer chemo) and that basically saved my life. So I feel I am the exception (and it sounds like you are too! What with your FABULOUS marathon-ing! That is "WoW"-fantastic) not the rule. All the literature I read states lupus "can be" life threatening - and in my case, it was. I'm healthy thanks to many things including early diagnosis. I'm trying to shed light on the seriousness of the disease and to also show people why they should donate - I think the biggest reason is because research and doctor-education dollars saved my life! What do you think ??? I too have osteoarthritis, and also fibro. I have Sjogren's too, but that is for another article. Please let me know your additional thoughts. Thank you. Very Best Regards, Regan
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