Lupies...

Be careful what you wish for...

People with Lupus call themselves *Lupies*. Lupies = Person who suffers with Lupus.

So we're defining ourselves with what we have, huh? I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the term *Lupie (s)*. I'm saying there is something wrong with defining yourself with a horrid disease.

Lupus is horrible...it can kill, it can maim, and it can make you absolutely misrable. Believe me...I have been through that...some days I am misrable because of this disease. I want it to go away, but it won't. I want my blood to stop masking it but it won't either.

A strange game is it not?

Stop thinking "I'm a Lupie". Think I'm a person, who is talented at many things, and who has a future. Think..."I am a Lupie, but I am also...", and other things like that.

This disease is a part of us...but it will never be who we are...unless you let it.