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In recent months, Andrea Levy's public appearances have resulted in

countless taunts and memes

on social media

.

Among the niceties that have been published are that

"she doesn't know how to read or she's drunk

. I don't know what is worse considering that she takes 100,000 euros a year for being a Councilor for Culture of Madrid";

"Andrea Levy, Councilor for Culture, Nightlife and Celebrations" or "Andrea Levy, you smell like carajillo from here."

Nothing is further from reality.

The Councilor for Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Madrid City Council

suffers from a tremendously painful illness

that causes

side effects

that are obvious, such

as getting stuck

during her speeches, as happened this morning.

Last summer, after endless tests, she was diagnosed with

fibromyalgia

.

A chronic rheumatic disease that causes

great pain in muscles and joints

whose side effects range from memory disorders to joint stiffness, irritability, depression or muscle spasms.

According to the data provided by the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, ​​this ailment affects 2.4% of the population and, mainly,

is primed with the female sex

since 9 out of 10 people are women.

As a result of the controversy generated, Andrea Levy has attended LOC because as a public

figure

who can

raise awareness in society

, as suggested by the Spanish Society of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (SEFIFAC).

When were you diagnosed with the disease? I was admitted in July last year after a four-year journey with countless tests such as MRIs or scans.

Until the moment of naming the disease, insomnia and constant pain were treated separately, it was thought that it had to do with the spine ... Thanks to the exchange of opinions between neurologists, psychiatrists and rheumatologists, the diagnosis was reached.

When they told me, I felt a great release.

Now the doctors monitor me and I strictly follow the medication. What are the side effects that I suffer? Due to my interventions, the one that is seen the most is dry mouth, I have to make an effort to produce more saliva, wet my lips and drink a lot Water.

My team knows it and I always have it handy.

That is why I sometimes intervene a bit badly in public - you have been messed with a lot during your public appearances.

What have been the worst insults? If I'm drunk, drugged, or can't read.

Thinking that I am going to work in poor conditions hurts me on a personal level.

I don't take my job funny.

I have never told about my illness, so whoever wants to continue raging and joking must be aware that they are attacking someone who has to survive every day. What is your philosophy of life? Every day I surpass myself and I am not defeated by the disease.

When I walk out the door, I say to myself, "I've survived."

I take up to seven different pills during the day.

For example, at night a sedative to sleep since fibromyalgia leads to insomnia, so you have to disconnect the muscles and in the morning you have to take another drug because you have to be conscious to reactivate those same muscles.

At nine thirty in the morning is when I have excruciating pain.

To survive chronic pain either you learn to be very self-centered or it is irritating because it conditions your life.

What in the end they diagnose is loss of quality of life, because with the stress that politics entails, it must be made of a special paste. When I spoke with the Spanish Society of Fibromyalgia they considered that my testimony could be useful to convey that you can live relatively normal;

It is important to achieve daily serenity and have a commitment to the disease because you have to strictly comply with the medication and other guidelines, such as the hours of sleep.

It is a fairly misunderstood disease, but my my colleague, boss and mayor [José Luis Martínez-Almeida] recognizes the matter and when I am sick he tells me to go to rest and delegate to the team.

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