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What It's Really Like Being A Mom With Chronic Illness

Kateryna Zasukhina/Moment/Getty ImagesWhen my son was 2, the joint pain I’d had all my life suddenly got worse. I noticed new things happening to my body, too. I was tired in my bones in a way that no amount of sleep seemed to fix. I was short of breath all the time and getting dizzy walking from room to room at home. As a boxer, I knew my cardio was up to snuff; this shouldn’t have been happening. The headache or two I had each week turned into a daily skull pounder, starting every afternoon and building in power until bedtime. It was getting harder and harder to work, care for my son, and th...