* I've spoken with a few people. But honestly… I see someone that looks cushie so often that I drag my husband into it asking him "hump or no hump" and forcing him to stare too.

The last time I actually spoke to someone was at a knitting event. I started by asking her if she was taking steroids for something. It turned out that she'd been diagnosed with lupus and had gained 100 pounds in a year from the steroid treatments she was on.

* Yes, I do by telling them by story and handing out little cards with information about the disease.