video blog diary journal and rant on my 5 year struggle precipitated by health crisis due to the combination of flaring chronic incurable diseases(lupus, APS, Fibromyalgia) and the accumulattion of pharmaceutical side effects.
African American single divorced mother of 18 year-old son, disabled; primary diagnoses: NPSLE (neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosis- lupus with central nervous system involvement),FM(fibromyalgia),APS(antiphospholipid syndrome); secondary: bipolar, OCD(obsessive-compulsive disorder). Disabilities are both physical and neurological.
Besides the ubiquitous flu-like symptoms and constant disabling fatigue, I suffer uncontrollable pain. But my greatest challenge is the limitations and lack of control over my brain. My "thought processing" has been hi-jacked like a virus infected PC. All my previous data intact, but often inaccessible or crashing unexpectedly when I try to open too many files or execute a program.
Age
46
Country
United States
Occupation
free lance web design, home-based administrative/computer/web services
Schools
1991 B.S. Biology;Magna Cum Laude;( currently withdrawn from CIS:Web Development Program due to current health crisis)