It was important because it's very much my story, my experiences and my reality. I've never seen anything about my illness in books & in fact, I think when we think of disability or illness, there's an immediate to jump to physicality & we neglect invisible illness #ukteenchat 1/ https://twitter.com/FinlaysonPalmer/status/1351623546007670786

If they can't see anything wrong with you, then it doesn't click that you may have a chronic illness (including mental health here) and so there's little to no empathy. Invisible illness is just as important as physical disability #ukteenchat 2/3

Some reading if you're interested in learning more about my illness: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/worried-about-cancer/causes-and-risk-factors/familial-adenomatous-polyposis-fap

It's called FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and essentially occurs when pre-cancerous lumps grow in the colon and eventually turn cancerous) 3/3/ #ukteenchat