Debbie who was once full of energy now finds small tasks exhausting.
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And how it affects it its you don’t have the energy that you had before. Like I was the kind of person that you know I met let my house get a bit messy and then I’d go on a tornado trip and rearrange it, clean it, move it, right. I mean I can barely pick up something that’s on the floor now. I’m so tired. So it does make you tired and you have less energy and motivation you know.
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