Know your family history

I’ve always thought it was probably a good idea to know your family medical history, but until recently, it was never something to pay much attention to. Because of a family history of breast cancer, I had my baseline mammogram at age 35. After seeing an OB/GYN this year for a checkup, she recommended that I see a genetic

To my fellow spoonies

We deal with a lot and we probably don’t give ourselves enough credit

The decision cycle when your lupus isn’t stable

There is always a back-and-forth and a need to be flexible when you have lupus. Things change! I believe for many of us, there is a decision-making process that goes into many of our activities, especially when we are not feeling so hot. I was thinking about this over the past week or so as