Dorothy

A fellow fibro friend told me about a Golden Girls episode (it's called Sick & Tired and has two parts) where Dorothy has chronic fatigue, but before she is diagnosed the doctor keeps telling her she is fine, even though she's felt sick for 5 months. 

I'm only 10 minutes in and I'm

already crying. It reminds me so much of what we go through and where we've been. Not being believed, belittled, treated like we are crazy, and even being told it's all in our heads. 

Though I watched Golden Girls growing up, I don't remember this episode at all. It aired in 1989, and I just have to wonder when we will finally be taken 100% seriously by medical "professionals" and by society in general.

We've got to stay strong & stay educated about what is happening to us. We cannot let anyone shame us into silence or into downplaying our conditions. 

We are strong. We are ill, but man oh man are we strong!