I can't remember a time when there wasn't pain or the ominous threat of pain. Some of my earliest memories are of holding my legs, under my knees, and sobbing in pain at only three-years old. I don't remember the doctors appointments when they told my mom it was growing pains and she called bullshit. I do remember years of crying and wondering why I had to have pain but no one else my age had these same pains in their arms and legs. My parents and I knew they weren't grow