For years my pain was dismissed again and again by doctors who did not believe I was suffering
One summer’s day in 2009, I was 17 and on a beach holiday with friends when I was struck very suddenly by a stabbing pain in my abdomen. In the 12 years since, it has never gone away.
The pain was so bad that I was admitted to hospital several times over those 12 years. I was misdiagnosed on multiple occasions and sent home with no diagnosis or treatment on others.
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