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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hedgehog

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2. Many of us with autoimmune conditions are dealing with an invisible

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 04:33 PM

Dec 2014

disease - unless your joints are swollen, no one believes they hurt, they can't see the pain in your muscles, they can't see how hard it is to walk across the room sometimes. I think we do have to learn to let our bodies speak when they can instead of covering up.

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Arrrrggggg! So, I have an autoimmune disease, as do three of my daughters. [View all] hedgehog Dec 2014 OP

Yeah, I do that, too. Warpy Dec 2014 #1

Many of us with autoimmune conditions are dealing with an invisible hedgehog Dec 2014 #2

Preach It ProfessorGAC Jan 2015 #4

Going in and out of flares is another problem - hedgehog Jan 2015 #5

yeah, i may need a doc at my divorce hearing. mopinko Dec 2014 #3

I highly recommend The Wheat Belly, by Michael Davis, MD...miracles are reported. libdem4life Feb 2015 #6

I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease lady lib Apr 2015 #7

Mine mostly disappeared pnwmom Jul 2015 #8