I'm going to be doing the Lupus Canada's Walk a Block for Lupus fundraiser this year in memory of my aunt, Linda Tice who left us this past September. The event is May 9-10th, and I hope to be able to raise some money to help find a cure.
Any pledges to my team would be greatly appreciated.
You can pledge here if desired http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=102289
Tax receipts are mailed electronically.
Thanks so much everyone, here's a little information about Lupus.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
SLE (or simply "lupus") is a treatable, chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease that can affect any organ in the body and in a pattern that varies greatly from person to person. Lupus is characterized by autoantibodies. SLE is a chronic illness, which means that the disease is lifelong (however, most persons with SLE will not be continuously sick for the rest of their lives). Autoimmune means that there is a disorder of the immune system which cannot tell the difference between the person's own tissues and foreign tissues. This conflict leads to inflammation (the normal body response to injury or infection) in various organs which causes the symptoms of lupus to appear. If severe or untreated, this inflammation may cause organ damage and loss of function. Autoantibodies, meaning antibodies directed against one's self, are involved in this process and are typical of SLE.
The cause of lupus is not known. What is known is that lupus is an autoimmune disease. The immune system is the part of the body that protects us against germs such as bacteria and viruses. In the normal individual, certain cells of the immune system make proteins called antibodies that react with foreign substances in the body and destroy them. In lupus, something goes wrong with the immune system so that it also makes antibodies that attack the person's own tissues. The result is an autoimmune reaction which causes the inflammation that affects the specific tissues or organs in SLE.
I wonder if that's why they call it lupus?
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nem-x said this about your mom:
only a block?
It's just a 'clever' name, otherwise a 2 day long walk would be a very large block.
And guys, I don't mean to be sensitive, but can we please not joke about this? Lupus is a serious, chronic disease that destroyed my aunt's body over the process of 10 years, and she only recently died. It is also a disease that does not get the funding nor the media attention that it needs in order to find a cure.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Ares wrote:
And guys, I don't mean to be sensitive, but can we please not joke about this? Lupus is a serious, chronic disease that destroyed my aunt's body over the process of 10 years, and she only recently died. It is also a disease that does not get the funding nor the media attention that it needs in order to find a cure.
That's only going to make it worse. You posted this on the internet. People will joke about it. That is the way of the internet, for better or for worse.
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Falaanla Marr loves Parcelan like a fat kid loves cake
That's only going to make it worse. You posted this on the internet. People will joke about it. That is the way of the internet, for better or for worse.
Then show a bit of civility and don't make jokes about it.
Fellows.
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Mr. Parcelan wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Then show a bit of civility and don't make jokes about it.Fellows.
I wasn't joking. It killed Claudette. 
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Bricktop was all like:
I wasn't joking. It killed Claudette.
No one liked Claudette.
Thanks Parce.
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Nobody really understood why Mr. Parcelan wrote:
No one liked Claudette.
I liked her in the first season, when she basically told Aceveda that Mackey was too much for his punk ass to handle.
