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..YOU LOOK WELL...SYNDROME THAT WELL PEOPLE SAY TO UNWELL PEOPLE,IF U CATCH MY DRIFT!!!...

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..I HATE PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN THEIR NOSE AND SAYING OH YOU LOOK WELL ,IT'S LIKE THE MINUTE THEY SAY IT I AM GOING TO SUDDENLY BE ABLE TO RUN AND DO ALL THE NORMAL THINGS(WHATEVER THEY ARE!) LIKE THE GUY IN LITTLE BRITAIN!!, newsflash ,I won't!

so I have thought of a comeback the next time someone says it I am going to look them straight in the face and say, "THAT'S NOT WHAT MY HOSPITAL RECORDS SAY UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T".. (there I feel better now I got that off my chest...!!!).. 1..2..3 AND BREATHE!!!

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hamble99b

on one of my other hu sites they used to have a t-shirt that read :-

"I'm not as well as I look"

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Deebee17

I totally agree with you. The latest thing that people are saying to me is that it is an age thing. I'm 47! So frustrating. And another thing happening is that I've been hit in the leg twice because I couldn't move quickly enough for someone with a stick. Shame we don't have some sort of easily recognised badge.

Gentle hugs. X X

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Ginsing

They are soooo annoying making assumptions about us from our covers. I am good at makeup it covers a thousand lies not lines Can I walk no so invite me to your party I sit in the corner smiling at people who have no idea of the pain and distress Fibro causes. Are you still counting ...........do stop ask yourself does it matter what they think.............answer NO of course it doesnt replace your smile I would love to dance ~ ~ ~~ xgins

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electricjaws in reply to Ginsing

the so called friends that I used to hang about with and do anything for, dropped me like a hot stone when I got ill, all five of them ,that devastated me ,I saw one of them recently and she said ,I shall have to come round for coffee at yours ,I said no point because apparently you couldn't be there for me when I needed you and I have got worse , so unless it's help a cripple week , no I don't want that!!! her face was a picture , she walked off rather stunned!!, in the beginning when that happen it made a bad situation worse to be dropped like that, but I know it's not me but them , so goodbye to bad rubbish,i'd rather talk to my hamster!!!

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avarose in reply to electricjaws

I couldn't agree more. my own father and only sister never ask how I am am !

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janlou in reply to electricjaws

Hi I know just how you feel....I dont see many of my friends. Only 1 that has stayed round is my friend Carol, she is so supportive. The others who I have known for 28yrs, well they have gone.

Jan x

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Kirby

I look completely well when I'm out and even at home except people don't see me when I'm crashed out every day and at my worst.

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