Hi to every one of you enjoying the slower, easier days of summer. What? Not your reality? Then what are we doing to ourselves? I had to ask myself that this summer. It began with a family trip to Arkansas… Let me back up my story to last September when…
Saturday is my birthday. I love having a birthday. It’s always been a chance to be super happy to be alive. Even when I was a little kid, my parents made a point of celebrating the day I joined the family. I remember glimpses of my third birthday (the photos…
This picture was taken two years before I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis. I was on a camping vacation in Montana with my husband. At the time, I ignored the joy in my face and saw only my physical aging. Today I understand better why I did. A trial for…
This summer my husband turned 75. It has been a great and wonder filled 27 years together. He is a messenger and wakes me up daily. Thinking back to when I first had symptoms of autoimmunity four years ago, we were camping in Maine with our truck camper and motorcycle,…
Hi people, Living with autoimmunity 24-7, or living with someone who has an autoimmune condition you can’t help but slide into periods of self-pity, especially during the first months. There’s no way you can ignore the pain of feeling helpless. But the question is, what can you do…