Getting Others to Understand, Leonie
'I went to numerous health professionals for 2 years with symptom after symptom and I'm sure they (and my friends and family) began to think I must be a hypochondriac. I started thinking I must be too.
I remember one doctor in particular who was so dismissive of my symptoms because my test results didn't show anything. She sent me home and I said 'but I'm in pain' and she said it was a virus and it would pass.
Finally, after experiencing strange mouth sensations, a doctor ran the right blood tests that led to a diagnosis.'
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