May is Lupus Awareness Month

May is Lupus Awareness Month and to kick-off the celebration the Lupus Awareness Group of Guam hosted a wave on Thursday at the intersection of the ITC Building in Tamuning. Board advisor Jerry Leon Guerrero said, "Before we began there were no resources on Guam with those afflicted with lupus and that's just it a lot of the people who were sick had nowhere to go and so they found out that there was a group who knew each other and were afflicted with lupus and said why don't we get and organization together."

The group provides support services such as monthly membership meetings and support groups for those with lupus and their families. They are also trying to establish a registry to identify how many lupus patients are on Guam.