Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation discovery could lead to successful treatment for lupus

 
BY SONYA COLBERG | Published: May 25, 2010   

A big day for Tremia Appling is when she can get out of bed.

She lives tethered to a 50-foot oxygen cord and counts herself lucky if she can stand up long enough to brush her teeth. She’s been pushed into a walker or wheelchair by her head-to-toe pain and fatigue, along with the 18 medications used to try to control the symptoms.

Until she was diagnosed with lupus seven years ago, Appling managed an office, regularly dashed off to the grocery store, paid bills and took care of her son.

"I used to be the...
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