When I was growing up all I wanted was to be was an artist. I grew up knowing that everything has a price and no decision can be entirely selfish […]

  After what seems like months of waiting, but was only a few weeks, I walked into the basement room now fondly known to me as The Terminal. Yes, mum, […]

The call The call for my chemotherapy came through at 11.45 on Wednesday. I was in the middle of a uni tutorial, doing a group plan for a class discussion. […]

I talk about having a seizure often. It is hard for me not to, they seem to always be looming over my shoulder. But what I have neglected to do […]

Lately I have alluded to some misfortunes, just generally ‘having a tough time’ and barely being able to cope. A lot. Personally, I feel as though the last four weeks […]

It is a strange thing, to change. Obviously, we are not talking about an outfit or a preference in music. To actually experience your personality change in a considerably short […]

I didn’t want to think about babies, until, all of a sudden, there they were. There are some facts about babies that cannot be escaped. On a global level, they are […]

Hair loss, or alopecia, is apparently a pretty common event in the life of people with any type of Lupus. I know I have suffered from it since I was […]

We all know illness has a cost. Anything that you live with for longer than a week, or that changes the way the body behaves has a cost. This is […]

I am often asked for the origin story of my Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE or Lupus). It is hard for some to imagine how a life such as mine could […]

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