Michael Jackson Diagnosed with Lupus
Michael Jackson’s nanny was reported to have lupus, but those reports have been false. It is Michael himself that has been diagnosed with the disease reports Fox.
So what the hell is lupus?
*Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal, but is becoming increasingly rare. The immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. SLE can affect any part of the body, but most often harms the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys and nervous system. The course of the disease is unpredictable, with periods of illness (called flares) alternating with remission. Lupus can occur at any age, and is most common in women, particularly of non-European descent. Lupus is treatable symptomatically, though there is currently no cure. However, many people with Lupus lead long and substantial lives.
I can sum this up for you. It basically says that mostly Black women get the disease (insert joke here) and that it can cause tissue damage (insert second joke here).
I am just happy he has kept out of the headlines for the most part and now it will be pretty difficult for people to make fun of his appearance.
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What!! is this truth, is MJ ill? no! there must be another mistake, no i can t believe this, not MJ, not MJ.
This is nothing but a load of horse crap. Another stab at Michael by the media, he is healthy and everyone just needs to leave him alone. He;s preparing a huge comeback and will return with "Thriller" like entertainment.
I hope you rot in hell. I have Lupus and its not a laughing matter. Get a life you loser Molly
Wow, does having LuPUSS give you a bad attitude too? I didn't wish death or hell on anyone. And you are somehow a better person than I am? Should I really feel sorry for you? Just curious... I happen to have friends with varying diseases, but my friends are not jerks.
I wasn't laughing at all. You should thank me for bringing attention to the matter and posting information about the disease. At least you have a forum here to discuss your disease instead of ranting to a stranger at a bus stop.
lol Lupus, way to piss of the dying Molly.
Molly is a cold man!
uhh PLEASE! Another BS story about MJ..
Lupus is a serious disease that can be as life-threatening as cancer. It's nothing to joke about, Molly. Lupus causes the immune system to go awry and attack the body's own tissues and organs. The disease can have debilitating and disabling health consequences, such as heart attacks, strokes, seizures, and kidney failure. While lupus predominantly strikes women, no one is safe. Lupus attacks the bodies of men, women and children. It occurs among African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, and Native American women up to three times more frequently than among Caucasian women. Although lupus is not as common among men, its consequences can be more acute and life-threatening. Lupus can take years to diagnose. For more information, please visit the Lupus Foundation of America website at www.lupus.org. Molly, I am embarrassed for you and your insensitivity to the one and a half million Americans and their families who are personally affected by lupus and struggle every day to live with this chronic and devastating disease. -- Duane Peters, Vice President for Advocacy & Communications, Lupus Foundation of America.
Mr. Peters,
If you are representing a Lupus Foundation, shouldn't you keep your personal feelings out of Molly's blog? Is this what you do all day, sit behind some desk searching the internet and if there is anythng that may remotely comes to what you should be really doing like researching Lupus, shouldn't you have your nose tuned into Lupus and not personal blogs that just happen to mention the word Lupus?
And your salary is what to get paid to work for your foundaion? And your "work" is posted on personal blogs?
What a true shame to see this being represented by a Vice Presodent. What a true shame.
Get back to work now Mr. Peters, do some real work and find a cure and don't give a shit about us that don't care about Whacko Jacko
Good blog post Molly.
A Fan
Thank you Molly for your blog post.
As for this Duane guy representing the lupus dot org, he says he is a VP?
Now is this how my donations are being spent? Duane is reading blogs with Lupus mentioned, speaks his piece on what he thinks and adds a plug for his employer.
Hmmmm.
I'll be thinking twice before donating to wwwupus.org EVER again.I assumed my hard earned money went towards Lupus research not some jack ass sitting behind a desk in a 3 piece suit probably drives a Benz and is posting in Blogs during work hours.
Now this isn't what Lupus Researching and Awareness is.. is it?
BTW, Octotber is Lupus Awareness Month.
For God's sake give the man a break for doing his JOB (hence the title: Duane Peters, Vice President for
Advocacy & Communications
, Lupus Foundation of America.) Regardless of what organization the guy works for he has the right to express his opinion just like the rest of us. Making assumptions that this person is "some jack ass who probably drives a Benz," really isn't fair now is it? Kind of like those who assume we feel okay because we "look good, " and then just can't help themselves but to leave those pesky little notes on our cars claiming they are reporting us for illegally parking in handicapped spaces.
Additionally, your declaration of "thinking twice before donating to
www.(l)upus.org EVER again," simply because this guy expressed his opinion is bordering absurd. That organization, IMO, has advanced the knowledge and research of Lupus more than any other. For some of us this has meant life-saving treatment (literally) that wasn't around 20 years ago. I would hope that anyone donating their hard earned money has thoroughly researched whatever organization he/she is donating to and knows specifically where the money is going.
Since I had Lupus I have been fired from one job because of it,not eveen called backed for another one,one shoulder surgery,one hip surgery. All of my joints are damaged and no one cares. They say oh you are looking good. Bot seriously Lupus can kill if no one knows about it or can diagnose it. I have lost alot of freinds to Lupus. Now that he has it maybe they will do something abou it.
See now this is the type of dialogue I would encourage if you were really trying to bring awareness to your condition as opposed to the others that just spread hate.
Now you got me curious. What type of surgeries are these? Is this to replace cartilidge? And how were you first diagnosed with Lupus and is this hereditary?
If you want to encourage discussion about the disease you have an interesting way of letting people know, as I believe many people felt you were attacking/making fun of Mr. Jackson and therefore attacking a (possible) victim of the disease. I'm sure you find a better way to get attention than using the name of some celebrity.
The purpose of the post was to report News and nothing more. I was being nice by at least putting what the disease was since most of America doesn't know. I was not even trying to get attention. I was very surprised that this many people even responded to the post.
Someone replied about getting fired and going through multiple surgeries and that got me curious. I didn't attack anyone. I am actually one of the few people that do not like to make fun of MJ, which is why I wrote specifically "(insert joke here)."
And who cares if I do attack a person with Lupus? Are you claiming that all people that suffer from Lupus are angels flying down from the Heavens sent by God and deserve the utmost respect?
Where I come from people EARN respect and DESERVE it. I do not dole out respect based on what people suffer from. That is called DISCRIMINATION. I do not hand out checklists and judge people based on how many surgeries they have had. People suffering from diseases can be assholes too.
Adolf Hitler suffered from Syphilis.
Joseph Stalin had small pox and his face was scarred.
Kim Jong Il has heart disease and diabetes.
So....based on your reasoning, these are people you look up to, respect, and treat kindly?
Thank you Duane Peters for making this clear. The article was so disrespectful, to Michael Jackson and to anyone, who is suffering from deseases like lupus or vitiligo, it is embarrassing indeed. I don't know if it's true that Michael Jackson has lupus, but I've heard that he was diagnosed with it along with vitiligo (which people should know by now is the reason for the change of his skin colour - those who still don't believe it are ignorant). As far as I know, it is not uncommon that a person has vitiligo and lupus. No matter how famous Michael Jackson is, we should respect his privacy, he has chosen to tell about suffering from vitiligo, but that doesn't give anyone the right to make fun of his health condition.
Your ever see that movie "Night of the Lupus?" it was great!
That is what you get for being a pedophile fag!
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Thank you for posting.
However, as for ever sending money for contributions to lupus.org again I will not being doing so. I am appalled to say the least that Mr. Peters is surfing the web looking to post a snide remark to the blogs owner. Then had the gall to post a link to direct you to his site that he is VP of.
Other posters made it clear, is this what our contributions pay for? His internet service so he can sit on his bun and say "he's working raising awareness".
I don't think so.
I see it for myself here.
See Molly and Mike are already raising awareness, sometimes joking around works well. She did not say anything negative, she offered our readers the chance to insert their own joke which they would of on their own anyway.
That skinbleaching boy molesting creep ain't got lupus. The only thing he's got is lackof13yearoldboypeeder because everybody is watching him now.
Good post, Kirk J. Terrance. And by the way, nobody (also not Mr. Peters) needs to sit in front of the screen all day surfing the web to find personal blogs (if there is something personal when at the same time it is available to millions of people) - all you need to do is to register with news alert services such as google or congoo or whatever they are called, enter a keyword and you will receive an e-mail with links everyday - for free. It takes a few seconds - that's how I received the link to this site.
I, too, register for a keyword search service for the word "lupus," to see if anything new is going on. When I saw that MJ or the nanny was dx'ed w/lupus (which is latin for 'wolf,' btw), I thought, "Oh, no . .. please don't let that be true."
Why?
As Molly said: What the hell is lupus?
Many of us with lupus have said that we need someone with a "celebrity" factor to be dx'ed with it to help raise awareness. When Anna Nicole Smith died and one of her friends had mentioned that she told him she had lupus, there was some buzz about this disease, but Molly's right: most people have the "What the hell is lupus?" response.
The problem w/someone like MJ is that there will be tons of jokes now - and people with lupus will bear the brunt of it. The reaction will be, "Oh, you have lupus? Isn't that what Michael Jackson has?" and then let that person go on and think whatever weird thing about you. . . that you like to dangle babies, you like to sleep with adolescent boys, etc.
It's going to be hard to be a person with lupus if indeed MJ has it simply b/c he has so much bizarre behavior that goes along with him.
Dani
Molly,
I highly suspect the post wasn't written by Mr. Duane Peters at all.
Email, call, snail mail him to confirm:
Lupus Foundation of America
Duane Peters, Vice President for Advocacy & Communications
202.349.1145
peters@lupus.org
Regarding your, Molly's word, the insert joke here has been misinterpreted at first read. I can see that. But nevertheless a poor taste in humor. I get your attempt. Not the disease but MJ, womanly appearance, am I right? Tissue, skin tone and etc not the disease.
With that in mind, you should find understanding in the sensitivity of those who have Lupus, SLE who have posted here. Yes, we are not all angels, nor are we all kind. Nor is it a disease to condemn. It is merely a disease. And an ugly one at that. I know, I am living with it. It follows me from room to room, street, to street..it is my shadow even when there is no sun. The sun, it makes us literally ill.
Thank you for bringing the topic to your blog in a indirect way. And if you are serious to know what we experience, how we live, our emotions, our family life, how we cope, how our families cope, the good, the bad and the ugly. Feel free to stop in at www.wehavelupus.com. A wonderful, informative site. A great group of people from all over the globe. Look for me, OLUWA. Anyone there would be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions about surgeries, organ failure, the disruption to lives, their livelihood and etc.
Lupus affects everyone, directly, those of us with it. Indirectly, those who interact in our lives...children, spouses, parents, coworkers, employers.
BTW, personally on respect. I give respect to all regardless. It would cost me my dignity if I didn't. I am not a person of a higher power whom people have to earn it from. If I respond to another person's undesirable behavior disrectfully then I would lose the most important respect of all. My respect for myself.
Hope to see you Molly,
Oluwa
Hi Oluwa,
Thanks for posting. I get it all, but the post and comments in general were blown way out of proportion. I actually didn't think it would get this much attention, but I guess people tagged "Lupus" and came here.
The post wasn't necessarily meant to be nasty or sympathetic. I just have to post News. I caught wind of the MJ story, but decided to add a blurb about Lupus since not many people seem to understand what it is. But I have to post something silly at the end because this site itself is a bit silly.
No worries though. I see how this affected people and I have something new coming up in the News section shortly....
she's lying! she likes to drown puppies too!
Actually, Murderpunk..I eat them alive. So, who is lying now?
Oluwa
hehe... i meant Molly
Michael Jackson was diagnosed with Lupus and Vitiligo in 1984 - Lupus can attack the melanin in the skin and therefore this is why he is porcelain white and needs to stay out of the sun [always has that umbrella]...
Check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_erythematosus#Notable_patients
It's always curious to me why people are so hostile to the guy - he's been found not guilty of any crimes - even though the prosecution threw every possible thing at him; including reducing the charges at the last minute before the jury deliberated - in order to try and secure a conviction on lesser charges.
Furthermore, his surgeries are his own choice - tonnes of people get cosmetic surgery - the dude's an artist and wants to change his face - let him! Don't we tell our kids that it doesn't matter what you look like, what colour you are - so long as you're a good person and do well in life?
He has Vitiligo brought on by Lupus - that's no picnic by the way! But suppose he didn't and the imaginative rumors that he bleached his skin were true... What about all the white people who spend billions each year to catch a tan with creams, sprays, UV machines, etc
Everyone is a hypocrite...
The sooner we start respecting each other the sooner the world will start getting better...
guys give MJ a break.
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