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Keri Anne you are SO RIGHT regarding young folks not understanding chronic medical problems (29yo here). I even went so far as to call a meeting of my inner circle of friends, showed the records, explained the limitations, applied the conditions to my changing behavior and laid out my limitations and prognosis. EVEN THEN, many of them cannot apply what I told them to day-to-day situations. "Healthy" young people simply CANNOT or WILL NOT grasp the reality of chronic disease and pain. You are NOT ALONE in this observation and difficulties arising from!!!