Hello to the whole world!

I am a painter by profession and I am 39 years old. I have been married for 10 years and I have two children. I have Sjogren's Syndrome. In fact, I have been developing several conditions that suggest the appearance of perhaps more autoimmune diseases, and not just one.

Sjögren's Syndrome is a systemic disease. In addition to dry eye and lack of saliva, this disease causes fatigue and weakness, joint pain as well as neurological problems. I was diagnosed during my second pregnancy in 2018, and I got my first symptoms in my first pregnancy in 2012.

I have been under regular follow-up by a gastroenterologist for two years now due to the possibility of developing an immunological bowel disease due to stomach problems that I have had since my last pregnancy. I have had bronchial asthma for years.

I listed all this just to say that even though you have so many problems in life, you can live almost normally. You can take care of your children, find and do a job that suits you and rejoice in some small personal successes, because you know how many obstacles you have gone through to achieve them.

The picture I painted shows someone else’s life and at the same time describes mine. It's my friend who gave birth to a baby at about the same time as me. She likes to show the details of her everyday life through photos on social networks, mostly through selfies. Her idea of herself awakens in me the feeling that there is some emptiness in my life.

That is why an additional level of communication is important for me, during which I compare moments from my life with that person's and create a clearer image. It is a moment that we do not want to change or lose in any part of our existence. It’s my moment of happiness.