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.

I just realized that this was going to be my 100th post on LupusFamily.

It’s getting close to Mother’s Day and I thought I would dedicate the 100th post of this blog to my wife and all the other mothers out there with lupus.

My wife does her best to be a good mom, and though she may not always feel successful, I think she’s wonderful.

This blog celebrates my Jenny and all the Jennys out there in the world that try and balance their life while dealing with chronic illness.

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving

Happy Mother’s Day Jennifer, a few days early.