Health & Fitness
A PLSN In Your Corner And In Your State
A Personal Lupus Support Network (PLSN) helps others afflicted with lupus cope. If you know someone that has lupus, please encourage them to locate a local support group and maybe even go with them.
What better way to tell the world--at least Greenville (NC), for now-- that lupus is real than in a bright red Toyota Camry! The sign is small, yet the cause is strong: 'I know SOMETHING about LUPUS! Do YOU?' I'm always happy to #mobilize lupus awareness by bringing attention to the word 'lupus' itself. Before leaving the rental car lot a young person saw the sign and acknowledged acute awareness by stating to "kinda sorta" know something about #lupus. This moved me because I firmly believe that we have to start caring by sharing our knowledge about this confounded autoimmune disease. "It's kind of like arthritis," the person sadly continued, "and you get real stiff and stay sick all the time." The person concluded while appearing not certain if what was said was completely correct.
I wasn't asked, but I went ahead and paraphrased my version of what lupus is (to me). Of course some facts and other information were shared. Not knowing if it was a friend or the individual in front of me that was the 'someone,' I asked about local organizations to help people cope and manage. My eyes were disappointed as the answer was relayed with a head nod. I was fairly familiar that there is a Greenville, N.C. lupus support group, so I suggested a search online. Fearing that the conversation may be quickly dismissed as a meager encounter, I got out of the car and went back into the building. Read more at https://www.facebook.com/TheLupusLiar.