A thought occurred to me this morning, what is like for the parents of the chronically ill? I have too many diagnoses to properly name, but the two prominent ones are Fibromyalgia and Lupus. I first started showing symptoms of chronic pain around twelve years old, but did not actually have anyth
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Heart racing. Flushed face. Can’t breathe. Hot and sweaty. On Valentine’s Day these phrases may conjure up images of feelings of love and desire to some. The way that certain someone makes the butterflies flutter around in a nervous stomach to most people means star crossed love is in th
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