Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Yesterday I went out job hunting. I just moved to Texas and wanted to find a summer job to earn some extra cash. The searching lasted maybe 4-5 hours tops. When I got back home out of the heat, I was exhausted. A person in their twenties should be able to go a full day without needing rest, but that's not the case with me. So, I took a nap, only intending on it being and hour or so. It ended up being almost four. This is the main reason my sleep patterns are so out of whack. Some days I have the energy of a normal (non-lupus person) and other days it's almost non-existent. Chronic fatigue is no fun.

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys and brain. In an autoimmune disorder like lupus, the immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign substances and its own cells.

There are four types of lupus: discoid, systemic, drug-induced and neonatal lupus. I have been diagnosed with Systemic Lupus. This type lupus is usually more severe and can affect almost any organ of the body. So far the main issues that I have to deal with are Arthritis, Raynaud's Phenomenon and fatigue. Lupus also attacked my left eye and left me mostly blind in it. I struggle with the symptoms from day to day. Some days are better than others. But I keep on keeping on.

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