October 22nd, 2009
Many people don’t know that lupus affects millions of people everyday no matter what race or age or sex. Lupus affects mostly women when their just starting life after college. It comes on like a ton of bricks; your life is forever changed. It takes away hopes, and dreams, life. Everyone is affected by lupus differently; no patient is alike in symptoms or struggles. One person may have kidney problems and another person may have heart ailments. The problem with lupus is has no rules, it affects the entire body.
You can help by making a donation to the lupus foundation of America. America’s Giving Challenge has challenged organizations to raise the most donations between October to November through Facebook, but you don’t need a Facebook account. The prize for the organization that raises the most money is 50,000 dollars and daily cash donations. 50,000 dollars can change a lot of people’s life if the scientists are given the money to test new treatments for lupus. There hasn’t be a treatment for lupus in over 50 years, right now a clinical trial is going on that’s showing promising results, but research cost money. Please help the Lupus Foundation of America Find a cure for LUPUS because life with lupus sucks.
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