One of my friends has RA and is on chemo. I’m going to continue to use that term because that’s how her Dr explained it to her, and that’s how she best understands it.

I know a lady with an immune disease (scleroderma) who takes chemotherapy drugs for it, and she calls it chemo too. I think when people have these kinds of invisible illnesses, having treatments that have names that convince regular people of the seriousness of their conditions is a way of dealing with the stigma of…

It is irresponsible to suggest that someone might not be sick because they don’t “act” like it, just as it’s irresponsible to not accurately present a particular illness.