| First thing I'll be discussing my life experience with my | | | | fight bacteria or infectious agents for example. With |
| friend who has Lupus and then I'll be telling you ways | | | | Lupus it is the reverse process and it attacks within |
| to self heal yourself or improve your Lupus. This is | | | | their own body rather than the infectious agents. |
| dedicated to my friend. I first met my friend | | | | Vee had SLE which is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| attending college in the last semester of 1995. I got | | | | that affects the internal organs. That year was very |
| to know my friend very well and we spent time | | | | tough for her and I helped as much as possible with |
| together as a group with other friends. The following | | | | homework, notes, reminders on upcoming projects |
| year she began missing many of her classes. I knew | | | | and examinations. I noticed she wasn't herself and |
| this since I was in the same program with her. A few | | | | she would forget many times of incidents or dates |
| weeks later she confided to me saying she had | | | | that were recent. Part of that was the effects and |
| Lupus. I didn't know much about this disease and I | | | | various medications she was taking such as |
| later researched information on it. It was also | | | | Prednisone to reduce the inflammation. She also had |
| referred as the disease of many faces since it was | | | | Arthritis and Rheumatism which made it very hard |
| hard to diagnose. Lupus attacks its own immune | | | | for her to write notes or even carry her books. Of |
| system. The chronic inflammation is caused by | | | | course, as a friend I would try to help as much as |
| autoimmune disease. The immune system is a | | | | possible. |
| complex system which functions or is designed to | | | | |