I can't believe what I'm reading. The concept that every disability is obvious and visable is clearly an idea adopted by blessed individuals who have no clue what it's like to have a chronic illness. Believe it or not, we have good days, and many bad ones. Bad days you don't wish on anyone, not even the ones looking at you questioning whether you're "faking" it. I am young, just shy of 40 yrs old, and look even younger. My "invisible" illness has kept me from taking a plane for 3 years to visit my sister. On the day I decide I am ready to go, I now have to worry about someone giving me a deathstare because I appear to be "normal."
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