“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
I have been living with the chronic illness, IGG4-RD for most of my adult life. What I didn’t know is that people like me have a “holiday. “ I only learned about IGG4 Awareness Day recently when I was asked to speak about my advocacy for people living with autoimmune diseases. One of the people I was talking to asked how much have the people who know me learned about my disease. And, I thought, I’m not sure they know much. My disease sounds like alphabet soup, a random collection of letters to most. It doesn’t have a major celebrity face and it doesn’t have a massive presence in the media. What it does have are determined resilient people behind the scenes committed to touching one person at a time; that’s how you start a movement. So, this year I’m letting you all know about IGG4 Awareness Day. Spread the word!

(If you want to hear how I was diagnosed, you can now get an audio book of my memoir, Misdiagnosed: The Search For Dr. House on Amazon)

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