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For the past six months, Melissa Worlein’s life has been dictated by a timer.
Before she washes dishes or folds laundry, Worlein sets the timer on her kitchen stove: five, maybe 10 minutes. Some days, even before the timer goes off, she has to sit down, shaking from exertion.
“It takes very little for me to get very exhausted,” she said.
