Living With Lupus : After A Rough Week, I Made It!

This week was a bit rough for me.

For a week and a half, I have been recovering from a viral and upper respiratory infection. Though the eye of the storm is gone, it is still lingering and I feel it.

Lupus and infections

As I talked about in my first blog post, Lupus makes you more susceptible to getting infections because of the medications you may take. Unfortunately, when it hits you, it can hit you hard.

On Sunday, I had two major projects due for my classes in my graduate program on top of other obligations with Unheard Voices and communications consulting. I have been off the antibiotics for four days now, and today it finally feels like it is starting to kick in. Because I felt a littler better, I started back up working out.

I made it

I will do another blog post about my weight loss journey. Briefly, last year I had lost over 80 pounds but gained most of back after my doctor put me on a medication and made me unaware of the major side effect of gaining weight. I have managed to get some of it back off but it has been a struggle. It was a great feeling being able to get back into the gym today. Sometimes I hate restarting journey’s, but for my health it is well worth it.

I would be lying to say this week wasn’t a struggle, but at least I can say I made it.