I definitely understand Elaine. I have a lot of health problems and I'm only 29. My family is understanding fortunately, but it seems no one else is. I work with mostly people that are significantly older than me and they don't get it at all, even though we work in healthcare and take care of patients as young as 18 that have worse problems than I do. I work 12 hour shifts (supposedly, I never leave on time) and can barely walk sometimes and they say "but you're young!" I was just diagnosed with PN, but I'm not entirely sure I believe that's what it is (see thread I posted)...