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Month 17 ~ May 2017

And yes, it became worse! I was going from going outside to complete housebound again! Also I could not sleep anymore. I really thought that it would NEVER come back! I mean, it all went so well and better and now I am housebound again. I tried a long time to keep going out, to wake up in the morning, but I just couldn't anymore. I was super tired, stressed, anxious, I totally panicked. I cried a lot, the pain and itch were terrible again!





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