Judging a book by its cover

[Guest guest]

Yes, I do this too, but I like to take it up a notch and ask

" Why did you completely discount my description and my credibility

when I called the formerly unexplained illness by a preliminary

name?

Didn't you ever hear the old saying about judging a book by its

cover? "

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> SERENA EDWARDS wrote:

If I say I got sick from toxic mold, or say CFS or fibromylagia or

SBS, I get the pleasure of dealing with responses ranging

from, " That's just a phoney illness, " (true story!) to " I don't

believe in that " (huh?) to " Yeah, I'm tired, too " (bet me!) to the

ever-so subtle Rolling of the Eyes (subtle like you tossed a stink

bomb into the room, that is). So, people are rude and sometimes

mean. I can't change that.

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> OTOH, if I say matter-of factly, " I have mycotoxicosis. There's

no cure, but I'm fighting hard and doing the best I can. Don't

worry, it's a genetic thing and it's not at all contagious. " The

whole social landscape changes.