
Angela’s Story (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Lupus)
I’m grappling with mixed connective tissue disease and lupus. This illness has affected my body in numerous ways. My lungs

I’m grappling with mixed connective tissue disease and lupus. This illness has affected my body in numerous ways. My lungs

I suffer from a lot of different symptoms of several different conditions. In 2013, I was diagnosed as fibromyalgia and

In 2009, when I was 19 year old, I had the hardest pregnancy I’d ever heard of. I could barely

Lupus affects your kidneys, heart, lungs, joints, skin, weight, gives you severe anemia and fatigue, and some patients even have

It all started innocently enough with a kidney infection. I had previously lost one kidney to severe infection at 17.

My name is Kayla, and I am 25-years-old. Around age 14, I was hospitalized for about a week with Meningitis.

I was diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 2 at SickKids Hospital. I had it tough because I always

So Beautifully Broken Oh life, You have carved upon me, With pain as your brush, A canvas without mercy, The

Despite being dealt a hand of lupus, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, I don’t see myself as a victim. Nor

I was diagnosed with Lupus SLE in January 2016. I am nearing the end of year one, and and what
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