... e my own story with this disease. I am 30 years old. I was diagnosed with lupus in 1996. But before I was diagnosed I had big childhood signs...every year for as long as I can remember growing up I would catch infections. I stayed sick. It was almost like clockwork. Every change of season. Weird huh? ... (12 replies)

... ences and pass on information that I have learned in this time.The main point I want to stress is "NO" lupus does not kill in the respect of being patients being ill and it being a hopeless situation. The main causes of this happening to lupus patients is because of overwhelming infection or kidney failure. ... (3 replies)