The Ultimate Party Crasher: Lupus
Only select people knew I had Lupus prior to 2015... before then, I lived life as a fairly healthy girl who sometimes may have had some slight complications. Then 2015 rolled around and the disease I thought I could handle, the one I rarely thought about, decided to rear its ugly head and take me down a path of destruction that changed my life. My immune system attacked my peripheral nervous system; the symptoms were quite noticeable. I lost the feeling in my legs, from the knee down, and my strength diminished significantly. The combination of the two made walking very difficult. My legs make up a large portion of my 5’6 frame- I couldn’t sense or control where more than half my body was… I never thought I'd be someone who's be known for having Lupus. People don't know my name but through word of mouth they'll know I'm the girl with Lupus. I never thought a national charity would feature me as a face of Lupus. Lupus took over my life- without my permission....
