WHAT IS SCLERODERMA? Scleroderma is a chronic, often progressive, autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks its own body. Scleroderma means “hard skin.” It can cause a thickening and tightening of the skin. In some cases, it causes serious damage to internal organs including the l
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It was an honor to be interviewed by Christina Relacion from the Scleroderma Foundation for their Summer edition of Scleroderma Voice magazine. It is a true testament to the fact that "The Spoon Theory" now has a much wider audience then just lupus patients as I originally thought. The chronically i
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We have forgotten how to laugh. There. I said it. Not that I can blame a single one of us. Let’s face it, when you wake up, throw your leg off the bed and hear it echo in the room like a creaking door in a 1950’s horror flick, the giggle factor isn’t really at an all time high. I don’t th
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When one hears Kama Sutra Massage oil, one might think of hot monkey love. Not me. I think ahh soft hands and feet and relief to my reptilian scaly dry skin. I have Scleroderma and my most severe symptom since 1992 had been Raynaud's. Raynaud's causes the sympathetic nerves surrounding blood vess
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We don’t appear sick enough and I hear many complain about paying people to stay home. That $1037.00 I receive in disability benefits has been a dream of mine since I was 15, when I got my first paycheck from Taco Bell and saw my deduction for Medicare and disability benefits. Yes, this girl f
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