Things people with chronic illness are sick of hearing

"You should go raw, you should go vegan" - just one of the things 25-year-old Alex has been told will help cure her chronic pain.

Alex and her best friend Rose, who has Crohn's disease, have set up a project called 'Drawn Poorly' which encourages people to write and draw about their chronic illness.

Rose and Alex say there's a whole list of frustrating things they regularly hear - including "you look fine".

This clip is from BBC Radio 5 live.

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