Chronic IllnessEnglish • 6 months ago

When you have a lifelong illness

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When you have a lifelong illness

Chronic IllnessEnglish • 6 months ago

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10•6 months ago
Well when you have a lifelong illness, it gets tiring real fast.

Imagine telling someone with an amputated arm “get better soon”. Same situation with telling someone with an incurable lifelong disease.
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  1•6 months ago
  I understand, my wife has a chronic illness and she gets this stuff often enough too.
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