We lost our house, cars and all those materialist things that are commonplace to most people. We had to start all over again. It was a real hardship on all of us. The stress and guilt only made things worse for me. Once you have Lupus you will always have it and there is no cure.
Some people are lucky and have a mild case.
They are able to carry on with work and daily tasks. Then there are people like myself who suffer with the pain of aching joints, fatigue, and bodily functions that decide when and if they will work. My brain does not relay timely messages to my nerves or muscles, and the there are the nerves that send faulty messages to my brain. I have quite a problem in remembering things, especially my short term memory. I was one of those people which I believe made it doubly hard for me to accept my active disease and the problems that accompanied it when it raised its ugly head again.