I Just Want To Know Whats Wrong With My Body So I Can Deal With It Effectively. Is That Really Too Much

I just want to know what’s wrong with my body so I can deal with it effectively. Is that really too much to ask for???

So I got home to my parents place yesterday to find out that my doctors request for custom knee braces was denied by my insurance and I’m devastated. I’ve tried so many prefabricated braces and either they don’t fit or don’t do enough and because I don’t have documented loss of muscle tone or a deformity in my knees they denied it. Im majorly hypermobile and my thighs don’t fit into prefabricated braces so unless there’s like a fucking miracle prefabricated brace that I haven’t tried idk what to do. My knees slam back randomly and it hurts so bad, my knees are seriously unstable, and just overall they suck. Fuck insurance why do they get to decide what’s medically necessary

This shit this shit right here is so true. I know I’m still young and what not but it’s taken me YEARS of dealing with chronic pain and fatigue and what not to be able to admit even to myself that I need help and that I can’t do everything that truly able bodied people can do because I am not able bodied

The truth is most people think being disabled is a death sentence but instead of advocating for disabled people they r convinced that they’ll never become disabled as if being disabled is some biblical punishment. Guess what? Accidents happen. You will get old and your body will stop working like it used to. Imagine if we live in a world where disability is seen as normal. Where we actually take care of each other.

I have never felt more seen than this pallet jack makes me feel. This is what it feels like for me to be disabled. This applies to me in many ways but perhaps most literally I am physically very strong but my joints are shit so combine those two things and I come out as a pallet jack

Image/meme taken from @theconcealedweapon

Going home to my parents today and I’ve brought my Mobility aids with me (crutches and cane) and honestly I’m terrified of how my parents are going to react but I’ve decided to put my health and pain above their opinion and I’m honestly really proud of myself for that.

Who the FUCK decided that insurance companies get to decide what’s medically necessary????????