Lillian China Smith

What It Means To be A Survivor

Things That Work For Me In Coping With My Illness

Things That Work For Me In Coping With My Illness By Lillian China Smith I am a big fan of dry shampoo. Because chronic illness, lupus and chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia have changed my life so that I adapted myself over time and slowed down my old routine down to adapt to what I could and couldn’t do after I was diagnosed. Who else has an easy every day routine? — I have a variety of…

Coping With Lupus "As A Normal Life" a new blog article on Twenty Something And Sick about how to cope with Lupus "As A Normal Life."

By Lillian China Smith I was diagnosed with Lupus in 2012. I have lived with it for nine years now. It is hard to estimate how much of that time I spent having flares, but looking back at photos, a good deal of my camera roll is taken up by photographs of me with mobility aids, and my memories of my twenties are filled with me “missing out” on things because I was ill, and having to leave…