This was written for the Datalounge....

This is what every Morgellon's sufferer has to face every day of their life

Lol.

[quote]I continued washing dishes, angry tears springing up in the corners of my eyes, and I willed them to retreat. I breathed slowly, blinked gently, and pushed them back out of sheer force. I would not cry. I would not sniffle. I would not dare let her see the way her words hurt me. It was only after she left the room that I took a gasping breath and stabilized myself against the edge of the sink.

DRAMA! Also it's written like she's a first year creative writing student. A bad one.

Did somebody say "Morgellon's?"

I became curious as to what she has, and after following a few links, found that she has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Seems like an actual disorder of the connective tissue.

Why the fuck doesn't she say what she has in the fucking article? She's probably like, "OH, I shouldn't HAVE to say what I have!@$#$" but bitch, come on.

I wondered what Katherine had gotten up to after stealing the election for W.

Morgellon's is the silent, invisible disability that dare not speak its name. I'm incredibly harmed by all the hate that has already flowed out of these lines from time to time.

Obviously, she should have said "because I don't feel [italic]well[/italic] ."

R7, Morgellon's is a disability we must all adapt to as a team. You do you at home, Hon.

Thank you for validating my self-imposed regime of self-compassion, r9

I thought Morgellon's was *not* invisible, what with the filaments and all.

r4 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is the illness du jour of malingerers and somatic types. Hard to diagnose with any objective criteria. Lots of the Tumblr "differently-abled" fraus "have" it

LOL, sorry about your spoons. You're a warrior!

How does she know the questioner doesn’t also have an invisible disability?

R14 that's a very good point. I expect she's spending today trembling in rage at some of the Internet comments, but as soon as she's done breathing deeply and trying to stifle the tears, she will write a follow-up article about the many offenses she's endured.

Bump

I bet she's fun at parties. That is, if she feels well enough to attend.

My brother has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Its fucking horrible. He's been in hospital twice this month for injuries.

She’s a mug cradled, per the picture illustrating an old article of hers:

^ * CradleR

I was molested.

[quote]Katherine obtained her B.A. in Anthropology in 2012 and her M.S. in Health Education and Behavior in 2015, both from the University of Florida. In addition to being an EDS zebra (which is kind of a full-time job itself some days), she works in social services and as a freelance writer. She shares an interfaith home with her wonderful girlfriend and their menagerie, and in spite of the chronically ill struggle, life is pretty darn rad.

Wasn't this a Golden Girls episode?

Dorothy had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

I feel kind of bad about taking the piss out of her after reading about the illness. Genetics is so fucked up.

Do we know she actually has it? Didn't someone say it's very hard to diagnose?