Grey Bear
Confidential Cultivator
Because I am working and on call 24-7 and with my lupus and hyper insomnia I am over-stressed and overloaded and maybe I DON"T FEEL LIKE IT.
MODS remove the thread if you like and forget I ever asked. I'll deal with it on my own.
Another old white dude with Lupus? Hell, I thought I was the only one in the damned country.
Try to ignore the helpful young guys, they are just trying to be helpful.
Young guys, try not to take it personally.
I know Tx, sometimes you just can't add another f-ing thing to your life or the whole god damned thing is just going to crush you.
And you feel like some snarling beast ready to tear any mf-er's head off if they even try to get you to entertain the idea of doing one more thing, cause you don't have the god damned room for one more f-ing thought!
Buuuuttt, you know there isn't a worse trigger for flares than stress.
Guys like us just have to figure out how to manage the disease mostly on our own, as the medical community is mostly fixated on female sufferers.
Feel free to pm me if you want to dialogue with a fellow sufferer.