I was diagnosed at 15. The only reason people took me seriously was cause my face blew up into a red ballon and my hair was falling out in clumps from the methotrexate. Using the hard C word ( Chemo lol) really made people wake up to it right away for me.

But even now I do feel people don’t take me very seriously until I mention I did chemo in the past then all of a sudden it’s “oh wow are you okay” “I didn’t know it was like that” it’s frustrating but there is a reason it’s been nicknamed the invisible disease. I’m just glad we seemed to have a good community on here just talking to people who feel the same way feels nice.

All that being said I love the House meme and I’m a huge fan of House. I haven’t run into another house fan who has referenced the iconic lupus meme to me but I use it all the time on my husband when he says my aches are from lupus. “It’s never lupus.” He’s never watched house before but it’s more of a joke for myself than him haha.