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I knew someone similarly in my youth, when he was between 10 and 13 years old. He would walk around with a gas nebulizer that would give him the necessary meds intravenously, and get the stint in properly I was told by him and his mother was an experience filled with pain, screaming, and terror. Even with a friend who mostly able to live a normal life, the pain difficulty of the disease and treatment literally scared me for years after.

People can suffer terribly from it NOW. It sucks.

> most common infectious disease in New England

More common than flu, or the common cold? Really?

Perhaps you need to add a modifier such as "chronic" to your statement?