Gee, I think it might have been on one of the news shows about sunblocks
etc. They said that sun interferes with the body's immune system and tends
to suppress it. It's the suppression that leads to things like skin cancer.
Just wondering if that is why I seem to need a little sun. ...

Thank you everyone for the prayers and good thoughts.  I heard from my
friend and she is okay.  not great. but okay.  she's not home yet but they
think she's out of danger.  I'd rather not post the details here but I do
thank you all so much and please do keep 'em coming for a while ...

how's this work for ya'll.  does it cover my bases?  so tired of twits who
have to argue as if I was some sort of dictator telling them the absolute
truth.  Not here but elsewhere but ya'll get to read my long disclaimer. :-)
whaddaya think?  Will the dweebs of penville get it?

I had a cervical fusion done in 99 and did well with that.  Instant pain
relief.   Then last year I started having terrible head and neck aches with
nausea along with it.  I use a soft collar for support when riding in our
car of motor home.  I had injections of cortisone and ...

Hi, I can't stay up late tonight or I'll be useless tomorrow. But I just
came home from my friend's house and she is a hairdresser. Well, we played
with my hair and played with a hair piece. She got all my hair up and then
asked what I thought. Yep, standing in front of her huge ...

Any one ever try to see the computer but can't? I found the place where I
can change the font size of my whole computer now I can see!!!!!!! I am not
sure why it is bolding all of my font though.
RhondaM

One of my best friends of many years (not a lupie) is sick and has been in
hospital since last Friday.  I haven't heard anything since Tuesday at which
point they were hoping she'd be home soon.  At the time they were thinking
infection causing pancreatitis. She's a thousand miles ...

Has anyone seen these new Band aids?
They actually have silver in them, which I guess acts as a natural
antibacterial agent. I got two boxes of them free after rebate & upon
reading them, I just have my doubts that I want to put them on an open

sorry - but I feel the need to do this at this point...

I used to post here frequently back when my daughter was first diagnosed with
lupus.  I don't know if anyone remembers me, or not.  I just thought I'd pop in
and say hello, though.
My daughter is now 18 and in college, not living at home anymore.  She still

I don't have time today to go through and respond to everyone's posts, but I
hope to get to them by the end of the week. I am on the re-write now of my
thesis and will be sitting here at my computer for the week. Your posts will
be a welcome break when I need one!

Ok, guys I need help. The one shoe that goes with the MOB dress feels really
tight right across the top of my big toe. The shoes are satin uppers and
dyed to match the MOB dress. How can I get some extra room in there? Any
ideas on stretching?? There is no back on these shoes.

Well, I just got outa the hospital again. If it just seems like 3 weeks
since I was in, well, it was.
Had another pulmonary embolism "event." I thought those were behind me by
now but I guess not. I haven't had a PE since about 2 years ago. This was a

Vitamin D Deficiency Called Major Health Risk
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 21, 2004; Page A01

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Bev