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I was confused, then relieved, and finally angry. Why had I lived for so long in fear of the unknown?,
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As a teen, I was actually allowed to see the x-ray and hear the doctor’s diagnosis: the whitish-gray shadow was my s ...
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This time her question wasn’t about my hands or feet, or my height or weight. It was global: “Why are you so weir ...
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At the grand age of six, I already knew many important things. One: doctors like poking people. Two: parents don’t like ...