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Sad and contemplative teenage girl.
Sad and contemplative teenage girl.
Sabrina Johnson
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May 25, 2020

What It's Like Being a Teenager With Chronic Pain

I have chronic pain. I’ve had chronic pain for four years. I’m 16. I know the concept of disability and chronic illness makes people uncomfortable, but it’s important to talk about. The fact that it makes people uncomfortable is all the more reason it should be talked about. Disability should not be a taboo topic. [...]
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Tierra Drollinger
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The Words That Haunt Me as Someone Living With Chronic Pain

When I was 15, I had to get waist-down reconstructive surgery. The left leg surgery went incredibly well, but the right leg surgery was disastrous. The epidural didn’t work and so, when I was woken up, I started screaming from the pain. I screamed for three days, waking up screaming each time until they put [...]
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Nora W.
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7 Things We Should All Know About Chronic Pain

September is pain awareness month. Pain comes in all sorts of severities, causes, and lengths. Pain can be severe or it can be minor. Pain can be acute or it can be chronic. It can be caused by an injury or it could be caused by a genetic condition. In the end, all pain is [...]
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