Personal Narrative: How Lupus Changed My Life
Lupus is a condition that can either happen in the organs, skin or immune system. Lupus can turn into cancer if not taken good care of. Lupus turned my life completely around. By the time I was 13 the doctors discovered that I had lupus, in my immune system. I couldn’t do things that I wish that I could’ve done at such a young age. Joining sports isn’t an option for me because I have to take things easy. Doing anything that can cause my lupus to react would be bad for me. Ever since I was diagnosed with lupus, I have always tried to take things easy so that I wouldn't end up in the hospital.My lupus transformed my personal development from thinking that I can’t be anble to do anything to be able to do whatever I put my mind to.
Before I had lupus, everything was easy for me to do. I could eat whatever I want, do whatever I want, but once my lupus was discovered I couldn’t do anything like that anymore. I can’t eat junk food everyday because of the salt that the food has, once in awhile yes I can but it can’t be a everyday thing. In 2013, I had a blood clot on my left knee, which made me hospitalized for a week and then I had to take daily …show more content…
The doctors put tubes all around me and I couldn’t move for a while. I had many x-rays done to find out what was the cause of it. Luckily for me they didn’t find anything that showed signs of danger. But either way it was hard for me. I learned to live with it and to not think of it as a bad thing because yes, having lupus is bad, but at least it’s not another disease that can really do harm to me. I look at how my life is now and I see that it isn’t as bad as what I put it to be when was I younger. I learned to live with it and to continue with my life, not letting anything stop me from doing the things that I want to do in my life. My lupus transformed my personal development from thinking that I can’t be able to do anything to be able to do whatever I put my mind
Before I had lupus, everything was easy for me to do. I could eat whatever I want, do whatever I want, but once my lupus was discovered I couldn’t do anything like that anymore. I can’t eat junk food everyday because of the salt that the food has, once in awhile yes I can but it can’t be a everyday thing. In 2013, I had a blood clot on my left knee, which made me hospitalized for a week and then I had to take daily …show more content…
The doctors put tubes all around me and I couldn’t move for a while. I had many x-rays done to find out what was the cause of it. Luckily for me they didn’t find anything that showed signs of danger. But either way it was hard for me. I learned to live with it and to not think of it as a bad thing because yes, having lupus is bad, but at least it’s not another disease that can really do harm to me. I look at how my life is now and I see that it isn’t as bad as what I put it to be when was I younger. I learned to live with it and to continue with my life, not letting anything stop me from doing the things that I want to do in my life. My lupus transformed my personal development from thinking that I can’t be able to do anything to be able to do whatever I put my mind