I am NOT my lupus

I recently have become fed up with a particular topic surrounding Lupus.  At this point, it seems to take over message boards, social media groups, and support groups. It didn’t always seem to be this bad. There was a time that people would talk about their lupus symptoms and more than half of the responses DIDN’T involve this topic. I’m not kidding. And it went from a gentle suggestion to almost an absolute shall. Sometimes, it just gets my back up. So what is it, you ask? What could possibly be so prevalent and so generic that it could “apply” to every symptom, every question, every concern? Diet. Fucking FOOD. So there will be a ranting…. For every post discussing someone's symptoms or concerns, there's someone that is going to post a comment telling that concerned person that a plant based only diet or a keto diet or a no carb diet or a freaking dandelion diet will "cure" lupus. Rarely does the commentor say "I have found that _____ has helped ...

     Oooookie day. That hurt. A lot. On Wednesday, the dentist took out the two teeth farthest in the back on the bottom right. That actually went fairly well. The numbing stuff worked instantly, the teeth came out pretty easily. And the pain wasn't intolerable. I should have known it couldn't last.      Yesterday was not quite so nice and easy. She took out the back two on the top on the right. The first one was mostly ok. It was almost down to nothing in my mouth so she had to wiggle and push to get a purchase point on it. But it came out. However....the next one was an asshole. The root was SUPER long. She had to wiggle and pull and twist. Apply MORE of the numby stuff. Wiggle, pull, twist. Numby stuff. And repeat. And repeat. And repeat. You get the picture. She had to put so much numby stuff in my mouth that she couldn't put any more. And towards the end of pulling the roots out of my eyeball (or so it seemed) the numby stuff just wasn't enough. Man,...

Hello! I am now roughly 3 hours away from beginning my dental journey. I am so nervous right now I don't even want to go!! I'm scared about how much this is going to hurt. My teeth are in such bad shape that I'm scared about how much they're going to have to do to get them out. Oral surgery? Cut my gums? EEP!!! I pretty much wish that it could just be done. Just have my damned dentures already! I actually facebooked about getting my teeth fixed. I decided that I could be brave and open about how bad my teeth are and maybe draw awareness to the link between lupus and tooth decay. Maybe help 1 person not feel as self conscious about their teeth. Other people have to live like that too. You are not alone. I am not alone. I'm still trying to be brave enough to take pictures of the journey. I think I should weigh myself now and see how much weight I lose between now and the time I get my dentures! Well, I felt brave and I took pictures of my mouth. Something I have...