Sometimes when people deal with chronic pain or with an ongoing illness, they will start to ignore symptoms that may be warning signs of serious complications. They may ignore them because they are to busy to be bothered with them, or they may just be so used to those types of problems that they assume that they are just more of the same problem.

It is essential that lupus patients remain aware and proactive when dealing with new symptoms or old symptoms that return with regularity. A trip to the doctor may be inconvenient, but it could save your life. Sometimes when the ostrich sticks its head in the ground, it gets run over by a jeep.

The lesson for the week is don’t get run over by a jeep.