"It's not at all - that's like 5% of the stuff we have to go through.
"I couldn't do things that my friends could do in the sense that I'd go out with them and I'd get drunk with them and have a great time and I'd party but after, it would take the life out of me and I wouldn't be able to function for about two days. Ms Elliot said she has faced a number of events which made her feel uncomfortable, including an incident outside a nightclub where a bouncer would not believe she was carrying a colostomy bag - instead thinking she was trying to smuggle in alcohol.
People think you look well so you are well. It’s a good job most of them don’t have to suffer with any of these illnesses. They change your life completely.
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