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The Chronic Illness Metaphor I Use Instead of Being a 'Warrior'

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I grew up in a small town in the South of France not far from the Mediterranean Sea. And from the age of 9, I spent every summer with my grandma in La Rochelle, a coastal town by the Atlantic Ocean.

Water is my element. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) makes me a zebra, but really, I’m more like a mermaid. I come alive in the water, my body regaining strength with every movement.

Becoming chronically ill and disabled has opened up a new kind of dictionary to me. One containing the same words as all the other dictionaries, but with different meanings attached to them.

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