I wasn't forty yet, I recall, my two boys were twelve and thirteen. They were very young to undertand my sufferings. My husband, as well. Although he could know me pretty well, he didn't know I was having a rare disease: the Sjögren syndrome, also designated as Sjögren's syndrome, because of its discovery. "Dr. Henrik Sjögren, the Swedish ophthalmologist who discovered Sjögren's in 1933, which has helped all patients find answers to their health questions." https://www.sjogrens.org/home/about-the-foundation/worldsjogrensday- I may have started with breathing difficulties. My chest struggled but it took me a long time to realize I didn't know how to breath. I started to suffer terrible pains in my pharynx. It was as if I had an entire arm climbing inside me making me suffer. When I told my doctor about these pains, I remember well, I also told him I used to get better when I was partying with friends. So, I started a medication for anxiety.