To Pam, I'm a man with lupus

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Hi Pam,

I know you and your family must be having a very rough time of it

right now. Take it from me, your brother is too. Men only comprise

about 10% of the lupus population, but we usually get it more

aggressively. I'm here for you and your mom if you want to talk. My

email address is brian_mosher2002@... I usually check it after

work each day.

Take care.

> hi everybody, i'm sorry to barge in on your group like this but i

am

> hoping someone here can help me. my brother has lupus, he's had it

> for a long time (20 years) and he is very very ill right now. he

got

> a bad infection that spiraled out of control. he's in the hospital

on

> a ventilator. my concern right now is for my parents, especially

my

> mom who is a basket case right now. oh, i forgot to mention, he's

> bipolar,too. i want to find a support group for my mom, she's

never

> been able to go to counseling or anything like that, but she uses

her

> computer a lot so i thought a support group might be a good way for

> her to connect. Anyway, from what i understand, its not very common

> for guys to have lupus and it manifests differently in guys too. i

> could be wrong, but it looks like everyone here is female. not

that

> it really matters, but i'm trying to find the right group for mom.

> can anyone help me? i would really appreciate any suggestions or

> advice.

> Pam