Florida Cop Shares Quarter-Century Fight with Crohn’s
Choosing not to share his condition
In the online Fox article, we also learn from Bill that he had generally kept the information about his disorder from his superiors, friends, and co-workers. As he explained,” You don't want to be embarrassed, you don't want to have to explain it, you don't want to have to say you're fine again and again."
Bill also expressed concern that others don’t understand why he seldom accepts invitations to social gatherings. He addresses his issue of not participating by telling Fox, "There's a fear factor. You're afraid of hurting. You're afraid of the fatigue. You're afraid of being invited someplace and you can't go, and people think you're unsocial," Connell said in the interview. Can you identify with this?