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I Said “Yes” to Big Pharma

October 31, 2015 BeingCharis 9 Comments

I didn’t want to start this blog.  I knew it would get me in trouble.  The kind of trouble that puts me in front of a crowd of 200 people from around the world to talk about what it’s like to live with Ankylosing Spondylitis.  I’m in trouble. Big time.

I didn’t want to dive into something bigger than I could handle – something that had the potential to amplify my voice into something like…well, like this conference I’m going to in San Francisco the first weekend in November. I’ve really done it now.

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Unstoppable, award-winning advocate since 2013, Charis is a disabled writer, speaker and model living with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. They live with three cats in a falling-apart house bought while living in poverty. Click the picture to learn more.

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