My friend Maria has been learning to cope with fibromyalgia.

If getting to a diagnosis wasn’t difficult enough, she is also navigating how to better share household and family responsibilities with her husband, better communicate expectations in social situations, and determine her treatment plan.

Then there is her husband, Eric. He’s the one with brain cancer. A recent surgery to remove the astrocytoma, along with chemotherapy, have left him depleted but hopeful.

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