but also, you know, i have ehlers—danlos syndrome which is a kind of invisible disability.thing i've had my whole life, i was born with it and that affects my body in every single way. and it means that i am incredibly accident—prone sometimes, and i bleed for longer than normal people, i bruise much more than other people, it affects all of my organs, i thin it's part of what affects my hearing, and so i think when you're a sick child who misses a lot of school and you lose touch with your peers, i think that's also difficult. i think generallyjust being deaf can create a literal feeling of a wall between you and other people, and again this was the 90s so it was the ablest time, much more ablest than we are now. so there were just many factors that just stole my confidence from me. and then at the age of 17, fleeing a bumblebee, a bee, you were struck by a car. yeah, the bumblebee wasn't even chasing me. ijust saw it... and what happened? i got afraid and i ran into a car, and then that car hit me into another car. nothing has ever been more my fault in the world than me

ehlers-danlos is a genetic syndrome that affects a person's skin, joints and blood vessel walls and mostinger has been very open about health struggles in the past revealing she's in recovery from an alcohol and pain pill addiction and in 2010 saying she was diagnosed with graves disease which can cause fatigue, difficulty sleeping, irritability, weight loss and bulging eyes. >> graves disease is an autoimmune disorder. causes the overproduction of thyroid hormones. >> reporter: now sharing her latest health battle in hopes of offering support to others with that tweet that's been liked more than 150,000 times. saying, pain is demoralizing and you are not alone. for "good morning america," kaylee hartung, abc news, new york. >> and we thank kaylee for that. >>> dr. jen ashton is going to join us now. two conditions that sia is facing. tell us about them, doctor. >> well, again, robin, we heard a little about it in the piece. one of them, graves disease is an autoimmune condition that then produces an overactive thyroid so some symptoms of that could be things like weight loss, heat intol

ehler's danlos syndrome involves the bones, this brings attention to two health conditions. >> dr.ull report on sia's health struggle at 7:00 a. >>> gump's will be making a temporary comeback in san francisco. starting today the new owners will open up a pop-up gump's store at 250 post street in union square, that's about a block away from where the 150-year-old retailer closed last year. the elegant gift store closed last december after filing for bankruptcy. the new store is expected to stay open for about four months and maybe longer if holiday sales go well. >>> heatstroke at the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. how one singer is doing this morning. >>> and san francisco fleet week is here. up to 1 million people expected to attend. the special reunions as military members arrived in the city. >>> i'm jobina fortson at levi stadium with the details on how tonight's game could impact your commute and how people coming to the game may be able to help a young boy battling cancer in our area. all of that up next. >>> plus the shock of a lifetime for this man in tennessee. he fou