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Dear Friend,

The health and well being of the lupus community is of primary importance to us. Because of COVID-19 and our commitment to serving you, the LSI is cancelling or postponing in-person activities through April, 2020.

We continue to think outside of the box to help the lupus community through this challenging time.

We created a webpage that will be updated regularly on factual information and ideas on how to manage the stress this crisis created.

Two items of note - Dr. Ramsey Goldman wrote an article on COVID-19 & HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE and GSK has some excellent resources available. I encourage you to take a look at all of the articles and resources below.

We will continue to update you on information and opportunities.

Please contact us with your questions and concerns. We are here to give you the most up to date information.

Together we'll get through this. Together we make a difference.

Mary Dollear, President, Lupus Society of Illinois

Contact Information

Mary Dollear, mary@lupusil.org, (312) 648-6053
Charles Brummell, charles@lupusil.org, (312) 542-0007
Taurean Jackson, taurean@lupusil.org, (312) 542-0004

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These sites provide reliable information on COVID-19- - Click the image to be directed to the website.
If you have questions, please contact us at 312-542-0002 or info@lupusil.org

Links to Factual Information

Social Distancing Opportunities

Things to do while social distancing

COVID-19 & HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

Us In Lupus has resources for the Lupus Community

GSK's resources for the lupus community

Medicare Coronavirus Information

Medicare expands telehealth for Coronavirus

Get the latest on Coronavirus information from the CDC

Read the Illinois Executive Order on COVID-19

Read Dr. Robert Katz's article on Lupus & COVID-19

Illinois Department of Public Health COVID-19 information

City of Chicago COVID-19 site

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Associate Board

Steppin' Out for Lupus Dinner Dance

The LSI Associate Board is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the LSI's mission! It promises to be an eventful night with live music, educational speakers and a silent auction!

Friday, June 5, 2020 | 6:30 PM CDT to 11:30 PM CDT

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Educational Opportunities

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Illinois Lupus Walks

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Lupus Charity Runners

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Research Opportunities

Lupus Intervention Fatigue Trial

If you have lupus and suffer from low energy or you feel tired often, you may qualify for the Lupus Intervention Fatigue Trial (LIFT) – a study being done to test two treatment programs to help people with lupus better manage their fatigue.

For more information, download the flyer here

STUDY OF OMEGA-3 REPLACEMENT WITH KRILL OIL IN TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

The study is a 24 week randomized, double-blind controlled multicenter study followed by an open label extension treatment for another 24 weeks. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the correction of the omega-3 deficiency may reduce disease activity in SLE patients.

For more information, download the flyer here.

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