What a novelty it would be for me to leave my home to go somewhere and NOT think about how sick it will make me. I can't even get excited cuz I know the trip will make me sick! We're trying to decide if I can chance an overnight stay in central Taiwan next month. LOL 🥺

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Carrie Kellenberger - SpA & Fibro Advocate Some people think chronic 🟰 mild.
They cannot grasp with the level of pain that can persist all day everyday with spondylitis and other conditions. Especially when we are undiagnosed and untreated.

~1 in 58 women have Sjogrens using 1% prevalence est w 9:1 ♀️:♂️

~1 in 63 women have RA. Using 1% prev estimate w 3:1 ♀️:♂️

Far fewer have lupus.

Guess which disease gets the least lectures (by far) at the Amer College of Rheumatology conference? Least funding?

Why?🤨