You never recognize who your story could cease up avail .
If you have a chronic condition, you know that the symptoms can range from classic to complicated. You might be well-acquainted with common symptoms like tightness or tingling (or maybe not!), but even for people who’ve been diagnosed for what seems like forever, there are still some symptoms you might think are totally normal foryears.
So, I want to know: what chronic pain thing did you think was “normal” until a diagnosis told you otherwise?
Maybe your symptoms crept up on you, like a frog-in-boiling-water type situation. If your condition started small but grew until you literally don’t know any moment withoutsomesort of pain, this is the place to open up about it.
Maybe you have something like a herniated disc, POTS, Crohn’s disease, endometriosis, or arthritis. I want to hear about it.
Maybe you suffer from something like sciatica, and chalked your pain up to aging, or even to beingtooactive. Perhaps you’re a server or teacher, on your feet all day, and figured it was just a lifestyle issue…until you finally saw a doctor. Tell me about it!
Perhaps you have flare-ups that range from shooting pain for a day or two to tightness that can last for weeks. What made you decide to seek treatment?
Or, if you want to write in but prefer to stay anonymous, you can check out this anonymousGoogle form. Who knows — your answer might be included in an upcoming BuzzFeed article!
You never know who your story could end up helping.
