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When friends with the same rare condition have different outcomes

My best friend and I both have the same ultra-rare condition and we found each other through a support group, but now I'm getting worse while her experimental treatment is working and we don't know how to talk about the guilt and fear that's growing between us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared identity through illness becomes complicated when trajectories diverge.

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“Where Are You with Rare and orphan conditions?”

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