Pictures of Lupus, Opus 6

I got 2 cortisone injections in my hand today...again. It's easy to get frustrated when symptoms of lupus persist, but there are far better things—wonderfully beautiful things—to set my mind on. "We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen." {2 Corinthians 4:16-18}

Pictures of Lupus, Opus 5

Lupus causes my joints to swell and my fingers to get nodules. Not good for a pianist! I already had a custom splint for my temperamental finger, but when I am extra swollen, it doesn't fit. So I got a new one made last week. I love that they let me pick a color so my splint could be as fabulous as a splint could be.