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Jacinta Parsons on living with chronic illness: ‘I couldn’t feel my body properly’ – The Guardian
As a child, she associated illness with shame. But after the ABC broadcaster was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, she had to learn to reconnect with her body
Like many chronically ill people, Jacinta Parsons was terrified of appearing to be sick. She could date it back to being a three-year-old, when her appendix ruptured. Already her fear of hospitals loomed as large: as doctors pressed down on her pelvis she convinced them there was no pain. Then, at five, the vulnerability of her father badly injured in a car accident frightened her so much that she searched for signs of sickness in the corners of the house. At six, her mother took her to a doctor…
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