Mighty Member since September 2016
My name is Jennifer Bueller. I am happily married to my best friend and true love, Howard Bueller. We are raising three wonderful children together, two sons, ages 16 and 9, and an 11 year old daughter. I came down with symptoms of an autoimmune disease over 20 years ago, but it went undiagnosed until 2009 when I was diagnosed with dermatomyositis. Diagnoses of lupus and Sjogren’s syndrome also overlap with my dermatomyositis, which made my initial diagnosis more difficult. Life is very busy with three children, and due to illness I have had to slow down a lot. Howie has had to take on a lot to help me when I feel too unwell to take care of errands and the children, and sometimes he even has to take care of me. He has taken me to doctors appointments for moral support, driven me home early from parties and events so that I could go to bed early, picked up prescriptions, all with a smile and in a loving manner. I have a blog called www.aflarewithflair.com/wordpress about living with autoimmune disease and chronic pain and finding the joy in life.