LauraB's SharePosts Information and opinions on health from LauraB at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/230494/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/230494/rss self application/xml en-us 15 LauraB's SharePosts 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/230494/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/230494/117458/expensive Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:19:04 -0400 LauraB The "cost" of being sick...sometimes it's just too expensive to ________(fill in the blank!). I have a chronic disease (MS) and also severe scoliosis which causes me intense daily pain. Sometimes friends and family have a difficult time understanding why I can't join in. My sister and I came up with this way of explaining it:                     Imagine that everyone in the world gets $1.00 to "spend" on everything that has to be... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/230494/117458/expensive