[willow]

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Likewise this illness does not own us and I think if we don't obtain the right mindset it's very easy to fall into that feeling that it does own us and that it has more control over our well-being than we do.

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just remember, there are some of us out there who have no chance of beating this illness, and it does have control over our well being and our quality of life. not being picky, just asking that you don't categorise all lupus sufferers in the same basket.

 

[willow]

well put raglet, i should have thought of it that way.
to be honest i think i refer to it as "the stupid lupus" more than anything else