MLW Introduction

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06776ba3.gif"> <div> <B>For everyone who has or knows someone who has Lupus.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.theraokgroup.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theraokgroup.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="3c99bba0.gif" border=0 width="155" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>This web site is dedicated to  friends I have lost to Lupus, to the friends I have made because of Lupus, to my best friend who never gave up on me, to my sisters, my children, and especially to my husband.  For without him only God knows where I would be today.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06876ba3.gif"> <div> <B>My Lupus World </B></div> <div> <B>New Additions</B></div> <div> Updated:  01/28/03</div> <div> (details below)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ALL ABOARD !</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03f20cd0.gif" border=0 width="288" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Lupus reminds me of everyone on the ark.  Both the people and the animals have lost a world they knew and trusted.  They are filled with fear, not knowing what lies ahead, and the trip is not smooth sailing.  They were not alone just as <B>YOU ARE NOT ALONE</B>.  </div> <bR> <div> My Lupus World  is a support channel providing information and insight about Lupus using my personal experience.  I am a former secretary to my neighboring state's Lupus Foundation.  I organized, started and ran a support group for my area with the help of my local Chapter.  They provided training, literature and publicity for the group to become successful and it did. I have since passed that responsibility on.  Now I hope this site will help those who are newly diagnosed, or those who know someone.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Keep in mind that I am a Lupus patient and not a doctor.  I cannot give you medical advice nor can I personally recommend doctors and/or medications.  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Please Note:</B></div> <div> Over this past year my site has grown to include other areas that are not lupus related.  Therefore I have decided to divide my site into two groups.   As most of you know I started My Lupus World primarily to offer support for everyone connected with this debilitating disease.  I feel this is the main focus of my energies here and those only interested in lupus will have easier access to the pages.   Of course everyone is more than welcome to start at the first page and follow through to the last - the choice is yours!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>My Lupus World Updates:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899006600.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I first opened My Lupus World in March of 2001 -  I cannot believe almost two years have passed.  Thank you each and everyone for your continued support and encouragement.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest Topic"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8cc006600.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Latest Topic</B></U></A>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF00BF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF00BF" FACE="Arial" >(1/28/03)</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899006600.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Within several months I expect to be moving my site.  I own My Lupus World domain name so it will not effect your accessing the site.  It will be placed with another host.  I am still debating with myself to use a different free service or purchase my own.  <B>UPDATE:</B>   When I built this site I was a complete greenhorn to html and used a building program called Trellix.   Since then I have learned how to create my own pages but trying to move this site is more involved than I first expected.   Trellix has a way of programming that I cannot "just move" everything.  I now have to start from scratch and rebuild each and every page.   This will take much more time than if I created a different site.   So I will be staying here at Fortune City for now.   Hopefully if I do ever get all these pages together I will then be happy to move to my own domain.  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660099" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899006600.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Tribute</B></FONT>   <IMG SRC="8496e8c0.gif" border=0 width="110" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 11, 2001"><U><B>Visit my special page</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660099" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="84b6e8c0.gif" border=0 width="110" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>          </B><A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TOWERS TWO"><U><B>Towers Two (written by Chuck Igo)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Story"><U><B>My Story</B></U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6600CC" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="1150e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>My Lupus World Index</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="417" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Lupus World"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="intro.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MLW Introduction"><U><B>Introduction</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Story"><U><B>My Story</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Lupus"><U><B>About </B></U></A><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Lupus"><U><B>L</B></U></A><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Lupus"><U><B>upus</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family"><U><B>Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends"><U><B>Friends</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Positive Mental Attitude"><U><B>P.M.A.</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Suggestions"><U><B>Suggestions</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Helpful Tips"><U><B>Helpful Tips</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest Topic"><U><B>Latest Topic</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="True Lupus Stories"><U><B>True</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="True Lupus Stories"><U><B>Lupus Stories</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <B>Reserved for Future</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lupus Links Rings"><U><B>Lupus</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lupus Links Rings"><U><B>Links & Rings</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Card Shop "><U><B>The</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Card Shop "><U><B>Card Shop</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Riddles Jokes"><U><B>Riddles</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Riddles Jokes"><U><B>'n' Jokes</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Forum Guest Book"><U><B>Forum &</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Forum Guest Book"><U><B>Guest Book</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Your Chat Room"><U><B>Chat Room</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shop"><U><B>Shop & Help Lupus</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mail Room"><U><B>Mail Room</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <B>Reserved for Future</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.goldenmoon.org/~causes/contest/siteofmonthb.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.goldenmoon.org/~causes/contes"><U><IMG SRC="8bee6180.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> I received this award for November 2001.  This was quite a surprise because I did not apply for this nor am I a member of their group.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Beyond My Lupus World Updates:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899006600.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">March 2002 -  I have created a new website - my own domain too!  Please stop by and vist me.  I have so much to do there but I am open for visitors.  Just click <A HREF="http://www.cathiescollection.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cathiescollection.com"><U>Cathie's Collection</U></A> and you will be there.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Beyond My Lupus World Index</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="417" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beyond My Lupus World"><U><B>Welcome to Beyond</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Gifts"><U><B>Gifts</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorites"><U><B>Favorite Rings & Links</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RAOK Friends"><U><B>Random Acts of Kindness</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Diplomas"><U><B>My </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Diplomas"><U><B>Diplomas</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MY SPECIAL ANGEL"><U><B>My Special Angel</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mama"><U><B>Mother</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Awards Ive Won"><U><B>Awards Received</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id75_m.htm" TITLE="MLW Introduction"><U><B><IMG SRC="1130e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Lupus World"><U><B>Return to Top</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>