Before I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I had plans to go to university, finish my degree, and enter full-time work. It didn’t exactly pan out that way, though.
I started studying while I was still somewhat healthy, before I knew what chronic pain even was. I had big plans to become a marine biologist, and dreams of working somewhere along the Great Barrier Reef… but something went wrong along the way.
I found myself laying on the floor of my studio apartment in agony, as my entire body throbbed with pain that has since never gone away.
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