I will never minimize chronic illness. I’ve been living with hypothyroidism and fibromyalgia for over twenty years. Yes, I know what it’s like some days to not have the energy to climb stairs, to have deep fatigue that makes it hard to work and constant pain. Our health care system is really good at treating acute illness, like the one you took antibiotics for, but they have no clue how to help people with ongoing illnesses, like long-hauler and auto-immune diseases, even though those are the most prevalent in the population. Mainly, doctors have told me take this pill, there is nothing we can do. We have a long way to go to understand how to not only manage, but cure chronic illness, meanwhile people suffer physically, emotionally and financially…