text:  She woke up this morning feeling very ill. She couldn't go to work on a regular schedule. They told her not to come in at all, but I think she went in the afternoon. And there are many, many people that report these things, and usually they're very reluctant to discuss it in the open. You know, it's just a family thing, and they're the butt of jokes. Yes, I know. But they know that I've been through those things, and so they confide in me. And then when they find out they're not alone in the world, that there are a lot of people with these same symptoms, then it's very reassuring to them.