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Judas: Tibial Tubercle Avulsion

I replay my childhood and wish I knew anything then about physical therapy...
3 years 11 months BY KATHLEEN A.
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Lyme disease can't get diagnosed

One Year, Twelve Doctors, No Answers

Even when I couldn’t walk, they said it was anxiety. I didn’t stop...
4 years 11 months BY MARIA F.
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sciatica personal story

Sciatica

It felt like somebody was murdering my leg.
7 years 4 months BY MILLY GRACE
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Long Hospital Nights

Long Hospital Nights

It’s lonely in the middle of the night, when the painkillers wear off.
9 years 1 month BY DESERAE CONSTANTINEAU
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hip arthritis

Able: Hip Arthritis

I had suspected for a long time that I don’t like being pitied, and now I...
9 years 2 months BY CAROLYN FIELDS
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There we were in a Mexican ER

Electrical Injury: At Sea

And there we were, in a Mexican ER...
10 years 10 months BY TAMIKO QUAN
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scoliosis surgery death sentence

Through My Eyes: A Scoliosis Story

Eventually my doctor and the surgical resident came in and had me sign...
10 years 11 months BY HANNAH MCDONALD
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first surgery personal story

Struggles With Surgery: A Story of the First Operation

Huh. I’ve never, ever, entertained the possibility of becoming an...
14 years 1 week BY ERICA CHAN
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Phantom Pain: As Real As It Gets

Phantom Pain: As Real As It Gets

How strange to contemplate phantom as something that appears only in the...
15 years 9 months BY KATHE CAMPBELL
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fibromyalgia a fake?

When the Doctors Don't Know: Diagnosing Fibromyalgia

I was a fake. I was a liar. I was putting on a show and looking for...
16 years 2 months BY CATHERINE NOBLE
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