Download or read book Life Love and Lupus written by Stevie Beth and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary discovered the pain she was experiencing doing everyday things at school and at home was due to a disease called lupus, she was determined not to let it affect her life. What she didn't know at the time was that the physical challenges of lupus would pale in comparison to the emotional challenges she would face when she fell in love with two very different men and found that neither of them felt quite the same way about her. Never one to give up in the face of any obstacle, Mary began her long-term endeavor to change their minds. Life, Love, and Lupus is the story of Mary's battle to overcome unrequited love and go after what she most desires, whatever the consequences and regardless of the limitations. Through narrative description, journal entries and email exchanges, the reader is taken along on an intimate journey with the sharp-witted Mary as she follows her hopes and dreams and finds out that sometimes you have to learn to love yourself first.

Download or read book Lupus It Chose Me written by LaTonya Bias PhD and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is time, at last, to speak the truth about Lupus, and the truth is this. No one knows currently if your autoimmune system is the reason you have Lupus. For me, if this is the truth, why aren’t we implementing blood transfusions? New blood, could that be the cure? This book is about bringing awareness from one person’s perspective, as to what is going on in her life with Lupus. “Let me help you take back your life by sharing my story. I hope this will provide you with a clear understanding of what Lupus is and how to maintain your body daily. Moreover, I want you to know what to do if you or someone you know is affected by this madly disease”.

Download or read book Love and Lupus A love story around one woman s lifelong struggles with Lupus written by Ken Conklin and published by BookLocker.com, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after marrying Ken, her best friend and soulmate in February of 1975, Katy Conklin, at thirty-five, learned that she had SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), an incurable autoimmune disease that can attack any part of the body. For Katy, lupus initially affected her joints often causing pain and fatigue. Later, this insidious disease progressed to her lungs and circulatory system, leading to asthma and then to blood clots, including DVTs (Deep Vein Thrombosis) in her legs, and eventually to lupus-induced strokes. Instead of giving in to lupus, Katy, a positive person by nature, vows to overcome the lupus obstacles and live as full a life as possible. She finds success in her work as a CEO of several branches of a non-profit organization. She also uses her music and acting ability to find fulfillment with a semi-professional chorus and by singing and acting with a retirement village entertainment company. With her husband by her side throughout her struggles, she achieves success in her work and in her daily life.

Download or read book Life Love and Lupus written by Stevie Beth and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary discovered the pain she was experiencing doing every-day things at school and at home was due to a disease called lupus, she was determined not to let it affect her life. What she didnt know at the time was that the physical challenges of lupus would pale in comparison to the emotional challenges she would face when she fell in love with two very different menand found that neither of them felt quite the same way about her. Never one to give up in the face of any obstacle, Mary began her long-term endeavor to change their minds. Life, Love, and Lupus is the story of Marys battle to overcome unrequited love and go after what she most desires, whatever the consequences and regardless of the limitations. Through narrative description, journal entries and email exchanges, the reader is taken along on an intimate journey with the sharp-witted Mary as she follows her hopes and dreams and finds out that sometimes you have to learn to love yourself first.

Download or read book LIVING WITH THE WOLF and Surviving Lupus written by Liz Shaw-Stabler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book from Liz Shaw-Stabler brings passion, guidance, and hope to the struggle of people suffering from chronic illnesses. Liz has spent decades battling systemic lupus, even enduring kidney failure and the challenges of living each day after day when she feels ill and then the near-miracle of kidney transplant and all of the effects on the living of life. Liz is greatly admired by all who know her a fighter, dedicated not only to personally overcoming illness, but also to bringing health care to people of color a group that SLE strikes particularly hard. Shaw-Stabler is a professional educator and a passionate advocate, devoting hundreds of hours to founding LupusCare, which provides education and group meetings for a community in Los Angeles that is rich in African American and Latino families a community that needs much better access to health care and health education. This book is another step in the battle. Read it to understand, to learn, and to discover how one person can influence the battle for personal and public health. Finally, read it to be inspired and to be moved to action. This book and its author are national treasures" Bevra H Hahn, MD Professor of Medicine Chief of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Great Admirer of Liz Stabler-Shaw Los Angeles, California, June 2010. "Lupus is a life-altering experience and wisdom provided our teachers and mentors can be enabling and empowering. Liz Shaw-Stabler has helped hundreds of women with her reassuring advice" Daniel J. Wallace, MD, FACP, FACR Chief of Rheumatology at Cedares-Sinai Medical Center Liz Shaw-Stabler was born in East Texas and received her undergraduate degree from Prairie View A and M University. She moved to Chicago, Illinois, and began her career immediately after graduation. After living in Chicago for a few years, teaching high school, acquiring a Master's Degree and doing freelance modeling, she slowed down long enough to get married. She is the mother of one daughter who resides in Chicago. Liz now lives with her husband, Jay, in Inglewood, California, where she became the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Lupus Care Incorporated and organization that advocates for under-served lupus patients. Liz is a thirty-year lupus patient and has suffered many life-threatening illnesses but continued to believe that she was created to do something much bigger than her illness.

Download or read book Lupus Love written by Tammy Anderson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child narrates the ups and down of her mother's suffering from Lupus.

Download or read book Life and Lupus written by Danielle Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the life of Danielle Ferguson. She shares her struggles with adjusting to living with lupus at the age of 20, while away in college and the deaths of many close family members. Throughout her journey full of trials and tribulations, she never lost faith and she has found an even greater love for God. With everything that she learned, she hopes to encourages others with ANY chronic illness to forgive those who don't understand, never give up, and always keep faith in your heart without fear.

Download or read book Lupus It Chose Me A Walk Through the Life of Autoimmune Disease written by Latonya Bias and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this book it will change your perception on autoimmune disease. For more than thirty years, author LaTonya Bias has experienced the ups and downs of the autoimmune disease, lupus. The diagnosis overwhelmed her and changed her life. In Lupus: It Chose Me, she presents a personal look at the disease, sharing a wealth of knowledge and creating awareness. She narrates her journey filled with God's grace and mercy. Based on first-person perspective, research, and knowledge, she discusses what lupus is, the causes, who it affects, the symptoms, the dangers of bacteria to a lupus patient, and much more. Bias provides guidance and gives directions on listening to your body to learn more about what is causing your problems. Offering inspiration and motivation, Lupus: It Chose Me discusses how Bias has learned to adapt to lupus while living her life to the fullest potential for God. She gives advice on how lupus sufferers can take back their life.

Download or read book Despite Lupus written by Sara Gorman and published by Sara Gorman. This book was released on 2009 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a better way to manage life with a chronic illness? Despite Lupus will guide you through the proven steps needed to obtain the emotional and physical wellness you deserve.

Download or read book The Lupus Encyclopedia written by Donald E. Thomas Jr. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now completely updated! The best-selling, most comprehensive guide to lupus, its complications, and management. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can attack any body organ. It is three times more common in the United States today than it was in the 1980s, so there is an increased need for accurate, practical information on this potentially devastating disease. Lupus expert and clinician Donald E. Thomas, Jr., MD, provides all the helpful information patients need so they can understand and treat this disease. Highlighting amazing advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of lupus, this edition includes new and expanded information on: • The latest FDA-approved medications • How lupus affects different body parts • Advanced labs that improve lupus diagnosis and treatment • The role of the microbiome and anti-inflammatory diets • Updated recommendations for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding • Childhood-onset lupus • The interaction between COVID-19 and lupus • Non-drug treatments, complementary medicine, and medical cannabis The gold standard since it was first published and carefully reviewed by experts in the field, the latest edition of The Lupus Encyclopedia is essential for patients, health care providers, and families. Bonus content on insurance issues and information about working with lupus and disability is also available online. Endorsed by The Lupus Foundation of America Contributors: Jemima Albayda, MD; Divya Angra, MD; Alan N. Baer, MD; Sasha Bernatsky, MD, PhD; George Bertsias, MD, PhD; Ashira D. Blazer, MD; Ian Bruce, MD; Jill Buyon, MD; Yashaar Chaichian, MD; Maria Chou, MD; Sharon Christie, Esq; Angelique N. Collamer, MD; Ashté Collins, MD; Caitlin O. Cruz, MD; Mark M. Cruz, MD; Dana DiRenzo, MD; Jess D. Edison, MD; Titilola Falasinnu, PhD; Andrea Fava, MD; Cheri Frey, MD; Neda F. Gould, PhD; Nishant Gupta, MD; Sarthak Gupta, MD; Sarfaraz Hasni, MD; David Hunt, MD; Mariana J. Kaplan, MD; Alfred Kim, MD; Deborah Lyu Kim, DO; Rukmini Konatalapalli, MD; Fotios Koumpouras, MD; Vasileios C. Kyttaris, MD; Jerik Leung, MPH; Hector A. Medina, MD; Timothy Niewold, MD; Julie Nusbaum, MD; Ginette Okoye, MD; Sarah L. Patterson, MD; Ziv Paz, MD; Darryn Potosky, MD; Rachel C. Robbins, MD; Neha S. Shah, MD; Matthew A. Sherman, MD; Yevgeniy Sheyn, MD; Julia F. Simard, ScD; Jonathan Solomon, MD; Rodger Stitt, MD; George Stojan, MD; Sangeeta Sule, MD; Barbara Taylor, CPPM, CRHC; George Tsokos, MD; Ian Ward, MD; Emma Weeding, MD; Arthur Weinstein, MD; Sean A. Whelton, MD

Download or read book Lupus the Battle Within written by Valerie Horn and published by Vjh Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerie Horn is a lupus patient that has been battling lupus for over fifty years. While living in New York City, her parents did whatever they could by taking her from hospital to hospital, until that one special doctor made a difference in her life. She shares her life story with admirable strength and courage, as she takes you through her most precious and private moments. You will follow Valerie's journey from childhood, when she was first diagnosed, all the way into adulthood, as she talks about her marriage and divorce and raising a child. Her leap at love again left her heartbroken in another state, with two more children to raise...alone. "Lupus: The Battle Within," is a glimpse into the daily struggle that so many lupus patients face, but may be too ashamed to talk about. In Horn's debut memoir, you are reminded that you are NOT alone. You can persevere like a champion, and leave a "Legacy" for your family to remember forever.

Download or read book Lights Camera Lupus written by AMANDA. RUPLEY and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lights. Camera. Lupus. is an inspirational and personal lupus survivor's testimony of privately dealing with a chronic illness while living in a very public world. Amanda gives us a firsthand account of the very real near-death expereinces she has undergone over and over during her life. Amanda illuminates the devastation and frustration of being sick and not having anyone give her the answers she needed to heal. Her fight is one of courage and strength, showing that everyone - both the sick and well alike - can be empowered to learn and to teach others how to overcome the curveballs life throws.

Download or read book The Love for a Dying Woman with Lupus written by Odell K. Miller Sr and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures the life lived by young people who survived the Biafran war with Nigeria. Timothy's life was the focus of the book. Timothy lived and survived the war. He also survived the aftermath of the war, when it finally ended, to find love with his sweetheart, Amber. Both Timothy and Amber endured the village life, which neither of them was used to before the war. They both lived in the village among the villagers after the war. While living in the village, both converted the disadvantages into advantages when they went to work with Phillip of UNESCO. Timothy is a likeable person, and Phillip of UNESCO like him so much he would have done anything for him. Timothy benefited but did not take advantage of Phillip's fondness for him. Timothy's cultured and intelligent attitude earned him the trust of everyone around him. Amber saw and appreciated his many good qualities and all that he did, and both of them found love.

Download or read book When Lupus Throws You for a Loop written by Donna Oram and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lupus Throws You for a Loop is a handbook for those newly diagnosed, lupus veterans, and those who love them. It takes you on a journey to acceptance acknowledging the difficulty of incorporating lupus into your life. You learn ways to communicate effectively, live with unpredictability, imperfection, stress, and loss of control. You learn to read your body's signals, enhance your relationships regarding intimacy, and increase your positivity and resilience. The book explores the various types of impact lupus has on adolescents and adults as well as the relationships of your significant others. You learn to feel confidant, proud, strong and empowered. You learn what it is to be a true warrior of lupus. One year after being diagnosed with lupus, the author earned a master's degree in social work. Rather than focus on the negativity of her diagnosis, Donna Oram decided to volunteer and work in the lupus community for twenty-plus years mentoring positive attitudinal changes. The book is interspersed with personal and professional experiences Donna encountered. Her vast knowledge, insight, and empathy for those who have lupus and those who love them guided her desire to help. She has "walked the walk."

Download or read book Live a Beautiful Life with Lupus written by Olivia Davenport and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the over 1.5 million Americans living with Lupus, an incurable autoimmune disease, finding peace in an all-too-often stormy life can be daunting-even in the mildest of cases. But with the habits and rituals of "Live a Beautiful Life with Lupus," author and Lupus patient, Olivia Davenport shows how a path to a better life is possible.

Download or read book Life After Lupus written by Andrea Lende and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrea was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, when she was thirty years old. It took her three years to regain her health, which she did through diet and natural remedies. She shares her inspirational journey to help others live a life of healing, love, and thankfulness. Andrea has authored three additional books, writes and publishes daily prayers and meditations, and has written over one hundred songs. She speaks to many about her recovery. You can learn more about her and find additional resources at www.BelievingHim.com

Download or read book Lupus written by Marisa L. Zeppieri-Caruana and published by Thoughts & Letters Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life was progressing as expected; getting sick was never part of their plan. However, in its own distinct and sudden way, Lupus showed up in the lives of the men and women profiled in this book. Although their ages, locations and stories are different, they all share one thing in common: they refuse to give up hope, despite Lupus. Lupus: Real Life, Real Patients, Real Talk is the first book of its kind in relation to the disease. Journalist, Lupus patient and Lupus Foundation of America Board Member, Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, sets out to find men and women across the nation who will share the hurdles of daily life when battling a debilitating and cruel disease. What she discovers is a community not broken and hopeless, but one that is optimistic and refuses to give in. These patients have encountered many obstacles - kidney transplants, open-heart surgeries, coma, and dialysis - yet they continue to persevere. They share their darkest moments and their future dreams. In addition to telling their stories, they discuss tips on how to manage and deal with the disease - emotionally, spiritually and physically. This book provides tangible information and inspiration for every Lupus patient and their loved ones. It is also an essential tool for those who are newly diagnosed and trying to navigate the choppy waters of chronic illness and daily life. Featuring Amy Kelly-Yalden, CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America, Southeast Chapter, and Magdalena Cadet, MD, FACR, Director of Rheumatology at New York Presbyterian Healthcare System, this book is not to be missed.