3 More Weeks Left - HELP!Only 3 more weeks and I'm SO CLOSE to goal of raising $500 !!!!! I have $385, so if I had 25 of my friends donate just $5 I would make it!!!! PLEASE HELP!!
I was unable to walk two years ago at the last one, but nothing is stopping me THIS TIME!!!!! Please donate to Lupus Foundation of America to help find a cure for those of us living with lupus. Do it for the many young women afflicted by this disease and not for me. They have their whole lives ahead of them only to be taken away and foreshadowed by a lifetime of pain and unknowing what will happen when their body turns against itself next.
Thank YOU! Big HUGS! Love Julie
To chip in...
http://lupus.donorpages.com/Arizona2013/JuJuLupusWalk/
LUPUS is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. In lupus, something goes wrong with your immune system, which is the part of the body that fights off viruses, bacteria, and germs ("foreign invaders," like the flu). Normally our immune system produces proteins called antibodies that protect the body from these invaders. Autoimmune means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues ("auto" means "self") and creates autoantibodies that attack and destroy healthy tissue. These autoantibodies cause inflammation, pain, and damage in various parts of the body.
