sickie days and me

Today I want to blog about the auto immune disease lupus and hopefully spread a little awareness about the condition that I and  over 30,000 people in the uk alone suffer from. So some of you may ask." What is lupus?" and you would not be the first person to ask me this question.Its a disease that many have not heard of yet it is more common than leukaemia and Ms.Here is an insite into what lupus is,
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, a type of self-allergy, whereby the patient's immune system creates antibodies which instead of protecting the body from bacteria & viruses attack the person's own body tissues. This causes symptoms of extreme fatigue, joint pain, muscle aches, anaemia, general malaise, & can result in the destruction of vital organs. It is a disease with many manifestations, & each person's profile or list of symptoms is different. Lupus can mimic other diseases, such as multiple sclerosis  making it difficult to diagnose.

When a lupus sufferer is ill we call it flaring unfortunately at the moment I am flaring pretty bad.My back and hips are locked and my body aches.I have multiple mouth ulcers ,pains under my feet in my jaw and the list goes on............I take something called methotrexate which is an immune suppressant but it was making me very sick so I am moving on to the injection form now, its not so bad as I only have to do it once a week.I am curled up on the couch with my numerous hot water bottles having a complete rest day.Its so cold outside and my joints are hurting really bad so just a very lazy day for me. Hope this post gave you some good information on lupus and dont hesiatate to ask me any questions. Love and light everyone xxxxxxxxxxx