It's truly amazing what you can get used to.

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@terrana I wonder just how many people have gone their entire lives not knowing that their chronic pain or constant fatigue or something wasn't normal?
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@Felthry Too many. Far too many. As another friend of mine put it to me recently, disability is invisible. Until you start to look for it - then it's everywhere.

@terrana Any number would be too many. There needs to be more awareness of these things, so that fewer people have to go so long without treatment.
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@Felthry I'm in my mid-30s. This is a lifelong condition that exists from birth to death. I'm one of the people greater awareness would have helped.

@terrana yeah. At least you learned about it now rather than in your 60s or something, but it sure would have been nice to know in your 00s.
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