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27 Years After My Symptoms Began, I Was Finally Diagnosed with Dercum’s Disease

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It took 27 years for me to be diagnosed with a disease most doctors have never even heard of. And I was told just last year…“Just exercise more.” Today is Dercum’s Disease Awareness Day (April 4th). It took 27 years for me to be diagnosed. Twenty. Seven. Years. That’s not okay.And that’s exactly why awareness …