Utah Lupus

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES TONIGHT 6:30 Leatherby's Orem, Utah
Annual Christmas Ornament Exchange & Fishbowl Questions. Holiday attire encouraged.
See you there!

ONLY 3 SLEEPS TILL BUTTERFLIES!! Come join us for a great time with great people and great information!

DEC 7 6:30 @ Leatherby's in Orem

Ornament Exchange ($8 limit) and Ask (almost) Anything Fishbowl.
Holiday attire encouraged. See y'all there!

Shout-out to 2 players from my favorite pro football team (Denver Broncos) for promoting Lupus Awareness through My Cause My Cleats this year!!!

Courtland Sutton, Denver Broncos wide receiver, selected the Lupus Foundation of America for the first time this year.

Delarrin Turner-Yell, Denver Broncos safety, has chosen the Lupus Foundation of America for the second year to honor his mother who is living with lupus.

THURSDAY DEC 7 6:30 @ Leatherby's - Orem.

Come one, come all to our UT County Social Butterflies Lupus Support Group's annual Ornament exchange, fishbowl questions and Christmas celebration! Naughty or nice, we want to see YOU!

Festive attire encouraged 💜🎄💜

Many people have been asking about support groups around the state. Currently, UT County has the only active one, but YOU could make a huge difference for your fellow Warriors by volunteering to be a Support Group Facilitator in your area!

If you are interested in becoming a Support Group Facilitator, here's some information on annual training that will be taking place in the very near future. LMK if you want to do it and I'll send you the training links. 💜 Hope to hear from you soon and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Don't forget Butterflies this month is
DEC 7 6:30 @ Leatherby's Orem, Utah
Ornament Exchange, Fishbowl Questions, Holiday wear encouraged 🙂

Christmas Butterflies will be on Thursday, DEC 7 @ 6:30 Leatherby's Orem.
We'll be doing our annual Ornament Exchange (under $8) and Ask (almost) Anything Fishbowl. Also still accepting recipes if you'd like to share some.
Festive attire highly encouraged!

Hi Y'all! Butterflies is THIS WEEK!!!

WEDNESDAY, Nov 8 @ 630 Leatherby's - Orem.

Don't forget your amazing recipes to share! Multiple recipes are even better!! Remember we are trying to put together a recipe book for Christmas.

If you can't be there on Wednesday, feel free to message or email them to me! [email protected]

Hi ALL!!! For November's group we are sharing recipes - and writing our own to combat lupus. Please message or email me your favorites. These can be easy, fancy, fun, holiday, anything!!

[email protected]

Also, remember Butterflies will be
WEDS NOV 8 @ 6:30 - Leatherby's Orem
this month instead of Thursday.

I GOOFED!!! Lovin' the brain fog! Woke up at 3am and realized I muffed the date for Butterflies.

IT'S THURSDAY SEPT 14 @630 LEATHERBY'S OREM.

Hope to see all of you there - on Thursday! 😜

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Social Butterflies is - you guessed it - TOMORROW (9/14)!!!
630 at Leatherby's Orem. See y'all there!!!
September's topic is: "Where/How we find support when we need it" Come with ideas to share!

Calendar it now: Social Butterflies Lupus Support Group
Thursday, September 14 6:30 @ Leatherby's Orem! See ya there!

Social Butterflies is THIS WEEK (Th 8/10)!!!
Come join us for BTS (it's NOT Back to School)!
Leatherby's Orem (304 E University Pkwy) at 6:30

Understanding Lupus: Exploring the Differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Symptoms | Lupus Science and Medicine Podcast Dr. Anna Wolska from the Lupus Foundation of America interviews Dr. Amerie Grammer and Dr Peter Lipsky from AMPEL BioSolutions. Together they describe the molecular endotypes of Type 1 and Type 2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. This episode uncovers the distinct molecular profiles of these SLE types a...

Hi All!!! August's (WHAAAAT?!?) Social Butterflies meeting is on THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 6:30 @ Leatherby's Orem. The topic is BTS - which doesn't necessarily mean Back To School....

Join us TOMORROW (7/13) for our July Social Butterflies Lupus Support Group!
6:30 Leatherby's - Orem (304 E. University Pkwy, Orem)
Annual Unbirthday Party and Communicating With Your Doctor

last call for Butterfly necklaces.... order goes in at 6.

Social Butterflies Lupus Support Group is THURSDAY JULY 13 6:30 @ LEATHERBY'S-OREM. It's Unbirthday Month and we'll be talking about how to communicate better with your docs. See y'all there!!!

Putting in order for Beautiful Butterfly necklaces today (Monday) at 5. If you want one, please let me know by then. Thanks so much and I'll have them at the meeting on Thursday! Fly you beautiful butterflies, FLY!!!

Is anyone still interested in these beautiful and delicate butterfly necklaces? They are available for only $20 and come in silver and goldtone. LMK ASAP so I can have them for you at this month's Social Butterflies meeting!

Proceeds help fund the establishment of our new statewide lupus nonprofit: Utah Lupus Advocates.

Hi all! It's UnBirthday Month at Social Butterflies!!! We're also going to be talking about how to make the most of talking with your doctors. Please join us!

Thursday, July 13 6:30 pm at Leatherby's Orem (304 E Univ. Pkwy)

Great info and fun guaranteed! See ya there!!

Interesting stuff!

Lupus in the News: For the first time, scientists are able to view a special cell of the immune system that may be at the center of causing lupus and other autoimmune diseases. They are called, tangible body macrophages; they live inside a person’s lymph nodes and help clean up dead cells that may trigger autoimmune reactions. This may become an entirely new direction for therapies at a very fundamental level!
Link to study: https://ow.ly/FHm150OWBVu
Thanks Kaleidoscope Fighting Lupus!

Apoptotic cell fragments locally activate tingible body macrophages in the germinal center - PubMed Germinal centers (GCs) that form within lymphoid follicles during antibody responses are sites of massive cell death. Tingible body macrophages (TBMs) are tasked with apoptotic cell clearance to prevent secondary necrosis and autoimmune activation by intracellular self antigens. We show by multiple....

SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES' ANNUAL UN-BIRTHDAY PARTY & SUPPORT GROUP meeting is
Thursday, 13 July at 6:30
Leatherby's Orem 304 E University Parkway, Orem.
Let's get together and celebrate US!!! See y'all there!!

Hi all you amazing lupus warriors! We had a great group on Thursday night, but missed so many of you! We had a wonderful conversation inspired by this article about ideas to help relieve stress. Hope it helps you, too! 💜💜💜

Mayo Mindfulness: Try the 4 A's for stress relief - Mayo Clinic News Network Expand your stress management toolkit by mastering these four strategies for coping with stress: avoid, alter, accept and adapt. When [...]

Social Butterflies Lupus Support Group THIS THURSDAY JUNE 15
at Leatherby's Orem 6:30 (304 E University Pkwy Orem)

Topic: STRESS and Ideas on How to Successfully Manage It.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Butterflies will be on JUNE 15
@ 6:30 Leatherby's Orem

Well, it's the last day of May (LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH)! I hope you've all enjoyed learning a little bit about the disease and those (including me 😁) that it affects. Stay tuned for info on our new Utah lupus foundation - UTAH LUPUS ADVOCATES! Thanks!!!