I will tend to repeat myself on subjects I’m really passionate about . Get ready, this is one of them. Since most chronic illnesses are invisible it leads many to doubt that you are truly ill. Those who are closet to you will tend to be your biggest doubters. When we push with all we have we just can’t be sick. When we have to lay in bed majority of the day because we didn’t sleep that night or aren’t feeling well, we are lazy and MUST get up and move around to feel better. I’ve always said that it shouldn’t take us being in a hospital with IV’s to know when we are completely down. We are fighters, we literally fight to exist everyday. Don’t try to guilt trip your love ones by telling them how they should feel, or how they should act with something you never experienced. Give them all the love, care, and encouragement that you have. This is fuel to our difficult battle. Remember we are always dancing in hurricanes trying to pretend it’s sunny and bright.