When you can't sit so you stand.
When you can't laugh when someone tries to make you smile through the tears.
When you can't get completely excited about going out cause crippling pain knocked at your door early in the morning.

When you're breaking down in front of loved ones and feel humiliated and a downer.
When you are hungry but it hurts to much to eat.
When you have to go pee but have to stop halfway cause the shooting pains are too intense.

When you try to get into a vehicle to get home because you're pain is escalating but have to wait until it lessens. But it doesn't so you have to push through the bumps and turns.
When you try to act like the discomfort is minimal but it's...