One lady’s account of her battle with Invisible illness – chronic fibro pain & fatigue
She says:
“What nobody sees is the struggle it takes me to get out of bed each morning”
This post was written by Elizabeth of Hope in Pain in Australia, and has been living with chronic pain for 22 years.
Posted on July 14, 2016 on My Fibro Team
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