At first, Kari doubted her own symptoms.
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There has been days where I thought, “Geez, maybe it is in my head. Like maybe I am just in a depression or whatever they thought I was in and maybe I’ll just, I’ll go for a big walk, and I’ll feel better tomorrow.” And then you do that and you’re like, “OK, maybe it’s not in my head.” Because now I can’t function barely and so, but I think it’s allowed me to know that there’s more, that just the basic tests will come back normal with just about everything. It’s those more detailed testing things that aren’t done often, that is giving us answers.
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