Lupus Support Group Meeting September

The Psychiatrist Department at St. John's Hospital conducted a session today involving discussions about sleep, food habits, emotion management and day-to-day problems faced. Patients shared stories and inspired each other to keep working everyday and find joy in small things. No two lupus patients have identical symptoms. Tips were shared on how to increase food intake as well as how to reduce food cravings. How to find peaceful sleep as well as how to manage waking up in the mornings. The session, conducted by Mr. Ebenezer of the MSW Department, concluded by Dr Vineeta Shobha, Head of Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, handing out a check to a young Lupus patients to help her finance her education.