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-a Registered Nurse whose mission is to spread LUPUS AWARENESS.

Friday, 3 April 2015

South Korea 2014

Obligatory jumpshot at Lotte World, South Korea
As I've said before, if given the chance, I'll travel the world. As long as I can walk, run, jump, I'll explore the beauty and embrace the different cultures. 

Lupus can't stop me from doing what I love. I'll conquer every pain in order to fulfill my dreams.

I'll be strong.  

I'll never give up.


Brightside


Hello my dear lupies! :) Hope you're doing fine today. Just wanna share this story about how a negative experience turned out to be a positive one.

Last week, I wasssss sooooo busy cooking in the kitchen when I noticed that my pomeranian was so quiet. I decided to check her if she's okay, but I saw her chewing and tearing up my favorite shoe. At first, I was disappointed with my dog but I realized that she really cares for me. 



Why? How?

I always wear those shoes everytime I have an appointment to my doctor. My doctor tells me that I shouldn't be wearing those kind of shoes. According to him, it is better if I don't wear flats. 

And despite of the doctor's order about not wearing flats, I still continue to wear them. I still love them though they make my feet and lower back sore. 

That's why I'm thankful that Chichi (my dog's name) tore up my favorite shoe. Isn't she sweet? She doesn't want me to get hurt by wearing those flat shoes. It's amazing on how Chichi can be as sweet and understanding just like a real person and a friend.



Just like in our everyday experiences, we may have bad and good days. But in every negative experiences we encounter, there are good reasons behind it. We just need to open our minds and never let ourselves be blinded by negative thoughts and actions. 

Please remember that everything happens for a reason. Open your eyes to see the beautiful reasons why it happened.


Thursday, 2 April 2015

First Meeting with Plaquenil


Say hello to Plaquenil! :)

Experienced worst pain last Tuesday night though I have medicine for neuropathic pain, my steroids, and diltiazem. So my doctor instructed me to start Plaquenil 200mg twice a day, Arcoxia 90mg once a day, increase Lyrica's dosage from 50mg to 75mg, still on 40mg prednisone and 30mg diltiazem. 

My body wants to give up but I will never let lupus win this battle. I will fight and I will keep my faith. 

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

03.18.15

I know and I can feel you. You're tired. You're losing hope. You don't want to drink your medicines anymore. But I'm telling you, you must keep the faith. You need to stay strong and prove that lupus can't win this battle. And I know that you can do it. :) 

MEET MY NEW FRIEND


Diagnosed with Raynaud's Phenomenon this day. 
Cold extremities.
Swelling of fingers and feet.
Had difficulty in walking.
High ESR Lab result.

Doctor's Order:

Diltiazem 3x a day
Increase Prednisone to 20mg 3x a day
Caltrate twice a day
No direct sunlight
No to stress
and follow up checkup after 1 week

What happen?
My last 2 consecutive checkups with my doctor were great and okay. I forgot the fact that I have Lupus. I enjoyed life without reminding myself of the dos and donts of the disease. Stress, sunlight, not getting enough sleep triggered my lupus. And now I realized that even though you are in remission stage of lupus, never ever forget to do what is right and what is good for your health for lupus can attack you when you least expect it. 

Fighting and praying! :) 
Love you all dear lupies. 💕