This is an amazing song and video. Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 truly brings the realms of an often mysterious, sometimes deadly disease, Lupus, as well as the many other autoimmune illnesses to the real world by the song he has written for his wife, Marisol Maldonado Thomas, who suffers from an autoimmune illness, much like Lupus. This "Wolf" disease has been around for decades, although there has not been much research to look into a cure, the way Lupus develops, why women get it, or even medication to reduce the horrible symptoms, and possibly deadly way it attacks so many, especially women. It is thought that around the globe there are as many as 1 in 25 women that may get this disease in their lifetime. Please check out Rob's video, as well as the dedication video from John Lennon's, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, also written about a dear friend of his that just lost her battle with Lupus, in the past few months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HyD-bHFFjI
The optimistic good news is that after over 5 decades of really not having any one medication specifically to fight Lupus, "Benlysta" now stands upon the brink of being approved by the FDA for use against Lupus! I stand ready to be first in line to try it!
Please follow along the journey that is mine, as well as hundreds of thousands of others in the battle against this life altering, and sometimes life taking disease.
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