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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

ProfessorGAC

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4. Preach It

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 11:28 AM

Jan 2015

I have had MS for >20 years. Because it's not a debilitating case, the pain and spasming i get might as well not exist. "How bad can it be, you come to work every day? You play golf? You walk the dog?"

OK, nobody actually says that, but i can tell they're thinking it. Don't need to be a mindreader to pick up the vibe.

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

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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

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