My Lupus Living Room

On this episode of My Lupus Living Room Suzanne sits down with our new Development Manager, Brian Haynes. Brian shares a little bit of his background and provides updates on some of our fundraising events coming up.

On this episode of My Lupus Living Room our board chair, Maria Rey Woyma, sits down with Gabriela Sison, MSN, BSN, RN of GSK. Both women are fluent in spanish so we took this opportunity to record this podcast that caters to our spanish speaking audience.

In episode 24 Suzanne sits down with Bev & Virgil at the LFA, GOC office. This wonderful couple shares their amazing journey and the lessons they learned along the way. Their story is a lesson in strength, love, and perseverance!

On this episode of My Lupus Living Room, Adrienne fills in for Suzanne and sits down with Dr Emily Littlejohn, DO, MPH from the Cleveland Clinic. She may be our most accomplished guest yet, and while she did complete her Rheumatology Fellowship at that school up north, she's made up for it in spades by helping countless lupus patients across Ohio. We've put her resume below:

Emily Littlejohn completed her undergraduate education at Georgetown University, where she received a B.S in Human Science. After college she moved to Boston where she received a M.P.H in Epidemiology from Boston University of Public Health. She then attended Medical School at Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) where she was awarded a research fellowship in the Department of Biotechnology. She went on to complete her Internal Medicine Residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Michigan where she worked closely with lupus patients and became interested in this complex and elusive disease.

She joined the medical staff in the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at Cleveland Clinic in 2017 and holds a faculty position of Clinical Assistant Professor in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. She directs the Cleveland Clinic Lupus Cohort (CCLC), a longitudinal bio repository that banks blood and urine of lupus patients and is co- director of the Lupus Clinic.

In this edition of My Lupus Living Room, Suzanne sits down with Kelly Perhach.  Kelly shares all of the ups and downs of her lupus journey.

Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with Chef Chanel Nowel, AKA The Vegan Vixen!  She shares her lupus journey and how she uses a plant based diet to manage her lupus.  

While the holiday's are supposed to be an exciting time filled with family and love, they can be extremely tough for lupians.  We discuss tips and tricks to make sure your holiday season is joyous and filled with cheer, and provide an overview of the year ahead at LFA, GOC.  

As the embark on another holiday season, we are grateful for our brave lupus warriors, and supporters who fight with us everyday in the battle to End Lupus Now!

We are SO exited to bring you this new episode of My Lupus Living Room!  Suzanne talks to Rachelle Roy, who is a patient who is ON FIRE about spreading lupus awareness in Toledo. Rachelle has done so much for lupus, including gaining extensive media coverage on her events. You are going to see her at the Walk To End Lupus Now® on Saturday and you cant miss her! Her enthusiasm is contagious!  If you are a patient in the Toledo area, Rachelle would love to know your name.  We know you are going to really enjoy this episode! 

The Walk To End Lupus Now® will be on September 24th in Cleveland Ohio.  This walk is going to be hybrid, which means you can also join in online! The walk will be held at the Hofbräuhaus by Playhouse Square!  We will be walking through some pretty cool places, including Cleveland State university! We are so excited to be back in person and we hope to see you there!

Click the link to register and to learn more!

https://www.lupusgreaterohio.org/walktoendlupus/