Anyway, Thought Of The Night:

anyway, Thought Of The Night:

when i was 6, i started experiencing back pain. said it hurt, kept suggesting a doctor.

no one listened.

by the age of 13, i should have been tested for scoliosis.

the school fucked up, and i wasnt.

at the age of 14, i went to the doctor for a bad back.

she looked at me, looked at how criminally large my breasts where, how fat i had become due to inability to exercise properly.

looked at my back. said i might get scoliosis if this kept up. do these exercises, youll be fine.

sent me home.

at the age of 15, i walked around New Orleans for a week in flats. gave myself tendonitis and plantar faasciatis.

no referrerals to a proper PT specialist. no rx drugs that might help. just...

here, do these at home exercises.

by the age of 16, i was having stomach pain every day from acid caused by my OTC drug use.

the stuff i used to mitigate the pain.

the doctor gave me what was essentially topical Ibuprofen. told me i couldn't injest painkillers anymore.

i was 20 by the time i saw a doctor and got my diagnoses. i was 20 before i knew i had fibro and scoliosis. i was 20 before i knew that drugs that weren't narcotics or OTCs that messed with my stomach existed, that i should use a cane, that i might need a wheelchair some days.

kids don't say "I'm in pain" over and over and over for attention. they don't fake being hurt in a chronic way.

i feel like everything i went through was preventable. i feel like i might be abled had i had proper care and treatment.

parents, caregivers, loved ones of children:

When a kid says they're in pain, please listen.