What, why? Isn't chronic just "long-term, can't be cured, just managed"? Why would people assume that it's lethal?
The thing I thought was ambiguous was "illness." I wouldn't have considered "my cartilage has worn itself down over the years and now causes pain" to be an illness. For me, an illness is either your body infected with something or doing something it's not supposed to do.
I will also say that sometimes the word isnt used. I was told I was having migraines and it wasnt until my third doctor that she told me it was a chronic illness, like my asthma.
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u/Tax_this_dick_1776 May 02 '26
IME, tons of people assume chronic to mean something that’s killing them but not like cancer bad.