1. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not real.”
2. “We are experts at hiding our pain from everyone else.”
3. “It doesn’t ‘get better.’ It’s this way. Every day”
4. “What I can do one day I might not be able to do the next.”
5. “A ‘good attitude’ doesn’t take away pain or improve mobility.”
6. “We shouldn’t be treated like drug addicts or hypochondriacs and denied the care we truly need.”
7. “There’s no such thing as ‘too young’.”

People who endure long-term illness are in all of our lives.

Let’s make sure we walk alongside them with the love and support they need.