Oct 26 2008
Unknown Illness
I have Cerebral Palsy, a neurological condition, as you all know. However, my primary secondary impairment is an allergy to hard plastics. This allergy is life endangering. I carry an epi pen and take 5 pills daily in order to manage it.
I developed the allergy when I was 15, but no one knew what it was until I was 18. I was not believed. Some People thought I was crazy, even my mom and my best friend after while. But I knew something wrong.
After I coded blue following an operation they figured what was wrong. I was so upset; I was angry at the world. I kept telling everyone, “See, I knew there was something wrong.” I think my Cerebral Palsy planned a role in people not believing me and that they were trying to be patronizing.
The reason I’m telling you this is because there is a girl on the TV with an undiagnosed sickness, which is reminding me of my own trauma.
