Author | Florence Tewogbade

That smile on your patient’s face may conceal a great deal of pain that goes along with having lupus, much of which is not actually physical. Here, a patient in her early 30s describes how a lupus diagnosis changed almost everything.

Dating probably doesn't enter the conversation very often during visits with your lupus patients. Here, someone who has had more than her share of struggles with lupus describes trying to find someone to share that difficult life.