I wish I had a sexy disease!

Lupus.
Latin for wolf. Almost sexy no? *sigh* it isn't unfortunately. I can't think of any disease that is sexy.... Sexually transmitted yes.

The lupus I have isn't all that exciting either. Dangerously sexy? Nope... I have 'mild' lupus. Which is a bit of a misnomer but whatever, I'll take it over the 'severe' diagnoses.
'Severe' is bloody scary. I've seen the pictures of awful looking discoid lupus and the famed butterfly (malar) rash. I've read the blogs of people who've had multiple strokes, kidney failure and are on enough steroids to cause them to look like the good year blimp. NO folks I've been spared that horror. I get 'mild' instead.

I get the fatigue, joint pain, the odd rash, headaches, nausea, loss of appetite etc. etc. etc.

I'll take the days I can't get out of bed over the strokes and having to use a cane any day.

So there is an upside but no sexiness. I'll take a sexy cool disease over this any day. How about 'so ridiculously energetic you're just so damn frisky and pert your annoying as hell' disease? Or the ' I don't need to sleep for the next week, go rock climbing, mountain biking, pub crawling with my husband' disease? OR the ' I don't have to explain why I can't do what you want me to do anymore cause I'm just so plain healthy that I glow and cause babies to smile and plants to grow abnormally fast with my healthy radiance' disease?

Can you tell I've had a bit of a pity party for myself lately?

So I've decided to make my 'mild' Lupus sexy one way or another. more to come on that thought later...