When I get sick, I do what any other rational 28-year-old woman would do: I call my mother, complain, then ask her what I should do.

After all, she's the person who's accompanied me to numerous doctors' appointments over the years, nursed me back to health after ailments and surgeries, and helped make game plans after diseases diagnoses a young woman probably shouldn't have. She's also confronted some serious heath woes herself, so she knows what she's doing.

But more than anything, my mother offers the same sage advice year after year after year: "You're the only one who knows how you feel," she tells me. So, do what your body is telling you to do.

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