Something I feel that’s not talked about often is students with chronic illness still in school. I’m not talking about college, or kids who are moderately uncomfortable. I’m talking about being in the 9th grade and having no one believe your symptoms. So you just sit there, day after day, in severe pain and unable to do concentrate on anything, and everyone blames it on stupidity or laziness instead of an illness. And then you come home, exhausted and unable to do anything, and that is literally your entire life for the next four years, pain and exhaustion, pain and exhaustion.
When doctors use the excuse that “high school is a stressful time” for your symptoms, find a new doctor if possible. You’re not lazy, or lying, and you know your body best.
Like the set scenery for a science-fiction movie that takes place on another planet, the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, most commonly referred to as the Bisti Badlands, is home to phantasmagoric formations that have been weathered by wind and water over time.
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