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Insight on SLE Patient Partners. Carmela D. Cho 3A6.
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Insight on SLE Patient Partners Carmela D. Cho 3A6
The term SLE is quite vague to me, maybe because I lacked enough knowledge about the said disease and maybe because I haven’t met anybody with SLE, not until now. The recently concluded workshop on SLE was a very good exposure for me because I got to see and hear actual patients relating their stories with a mixture of pain, suffering, love, hope, faith and belief.
Their stories moved me. I salute all of them because despite the disease that they have, they never gave up, they never lose hope, they just fight and believe that they will conquer and be at par with their illness. They never let SLE ruin their lives, in fact that made them stronger. They become a fighter in their own rights.
Acceptance could be very hard at first because patients may not be able to accept the fact that they are already “blemished” with the disease and that they will forever be with SLE. The support they received from their family and friends contributed a lot for them to learn to accept SLE as part of their lives.
It is good that there are organizations or groups who are reaching out to SLE patients. Letting them know that they are not alone with their disease and that means a lot to them.