As Cheryl prepares to speak at the upcoming Virtual Sjögren’s Summit, we're revisiting this important conversation about building confidence while living with autoimmune disease. The Virtual Sjögren’s Summit brings together leading experts, advocates, and patients to share practical strategies for navigating life with Sjögren’s syndrome and related conditions.
In this empowering conversation, Cheryl and Dr. Kara Wada explore what it means to take charge of your health with conditions like Sjögren’s syndrome and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Dr Kara shares how her experience as a patient with Sjogren’s taught her things she never learned as a allergist-immunologist doctor.
They discuss practical strategies for rebuilding trust in your body, the critical role of understanding your core values, and how to find the right support — whether through programs like Rheum to Thrive or events like the Virtual Sjögren’s Summit.
Together, they show how education, advocacy, and mindset shifts can help patients move from fear to confidence in managing their immune health.
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