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Why are we here?

By Brian · New reply 5:58 am
Journal · 106 replies
When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Plaquinel and Long Term Disability

By psjaquith · New reply October 2, 2008
Discussion in Living with lupus · 3 replies
My lupus was first diagnosed as cutanious sigmoid erythmus lupus along with Sjogren's Syndrome. The insurance handling my long-term disability is dropping me saying that my lupus is disabling. I can not ...

About me

By stphnvnsn · New reply September 19, 2008
Journal · 6 replies
This Oct. i'll be marride 33 yrs. to Fred. I have 1 son Shawn who will be 31. And 2 adorable grandsons Brandon age 10 and Christpher age 8. I own my business Fluffy Paws Pet Sitting. I'm owned by 3 cats ...

Lupus / SLE Question

By incredible1712 · New reply July 10, 2008
Discussion in Family and friends · 1 reply
My Ma was detected with lupus about an yr back. She had a butterfly rash on her left cheek and it never healed so she consulted a doc and was diagnosed with SLE. She was put on steroids so she gained ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
Journal · 23 replies
Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Sjogren's/Lupus

By psjaquith · New reply June 28, 2008
Journal · 13 replies
I got the diagnosis of systemic lupus along with the Sjogren's. Wasn't thrilled to have it; but, wasn't surprised either. Some days up, some days down. The quinine has really been knocking me down. I ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
Journal · 14 replies
Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

Updated System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
Journal · 1 reply
** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

CellCept and Plaquenil

By txtech · Posted May 31, 2008
Journal · 0 replies
I have had Lupus since 1996 and was on Predisone and Plaquenil until about a year ago. My Lupus has been somewhat controlled with these medications, experiencing only a few flares and minor arthritic ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

By Brian · New reply May 27, 2008
Journal · 35 replies
Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...

Welcome from TeamInspire!

By TeamInspire · New reply April 7, 2008
Journal · 35 replies
Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Lupus and Symptoms

By psjaquith · Posted April 4, 2008
Discussion in Symptoms · 0 replies
For a long time, my joints have become progressively stiff and painful. It started in my hips, showing arthritic changes, then knees and now my shoulders. I have limited range of motion when my shoulders ...

Quinine Drugs as course of treatment

By psjaquith · Posted April 4, 2008
Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
I was diagnosed with Epidermal Lupus in 2006, Sjogren's Syndrome in 2008. I learned this week that my sed rate confirmed that my Lupus is also Systemic. Is anyone else taking Quinine for treatment? I ...

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