Sjogren’s Syndrome

April is Sjogren’s Awareness Month

It’s April, which means it’s also Sjogren’s Awareness Month. Why do we need awareness? Around four million Americans have Sjogren’s, but less than half of those patients are diagnosed. Sjogren’s is often referred to as an invisible disease and despite patients’ severe discomfort, many don’t often see it as debilitating. This can be isolating for […]

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“Adapt, improvise and overcome.” — PatientsLikeMe member Dana shares her experience for Sjögren’s Awareness Month

In honor of Sjögren’s Awareness Month, we connected with PatientsLikeMe member Dana, a New Jersey-based poet and screenplay writer who was recently diagnosed. This isn’t the first time we’ve interviewed Dana — she was a member of our 2014 Team of Advisors! Here, Dana talks about the daily challenges of living with Sjögren’s, an autoimmune

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Getting to know our Team of Advisors – Emilie

If you’ve been following the blog, you’ve already met three members of the PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors – Dana who is living with bipolar II, Lisa who is living with Parkinson’s and Becky who is living with epilepsy. Now, we’d like to introduce Emilie, a social worker and therapist who is living with Sjogren’s Syndrome and

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