I dont remember much about the year I was 13, it was sort of a non event year, so it must've been a good year health wise, though I know sometime between the ages of 12 and 15 I was on crutches for sprained ankles and each arm had been in cast twice for fractures ( Read more... )

I`m not recounting any of this to get sympathy, or pity. I`m reliving all of this so that I can see how far I`ve come, from pure strength of will and the support of my family & friends. I also hope that this will raise some awareness of how the systems that are meant to help us can often let us down, how people can fall through the cracks so ( Read more... )