Cathy notices that, after a while, people just forget about you.
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Probably one of the most disturbing things I’ve noticed in about the last six months is people start to forget you. Initially all your friends and your family is like, ‘’Oh no, you’re sick, and oh no, now you’re off work.” And people show a lot of compassion. And they check up on you to make sure that you’re OK. But when it gets to be this long they either, A, assume that you got better and you’re just not keeping in touch with them and that, you know, they’re busy with their lives, right? Or it’s embarrassing to tell them why you don’t go out places – that you still are sick. You know? People don’t get it.
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