OPINION: I don't look disabled and even doctors would not help me: that's what ableism feels like
When I explained to a physiotherapist one day that I had heard the tell-tale pop of my shoulder dislocating after getting up from the couch, his response was unexpected:"That didn't happen."
He said that dislocations only occur with a sudden impact and despite my vivid imagination, my recurrent pain was clearly a result of too much desk work. I had the X-rays to prove that it had been dislocated. I was on holiday when it happened, and the immediate rush of cold, nauseating pain was enough to prompt me to go to an emergency clinic.
I was told to follow-up on the issue when I got home because"atraumatic" dislocations could be a sign of an underlying problem.I've experienced joint pain, fatigue, and strange injuries throughout my life. When I mentioned it in medical settings I was told it'd get better soon:"it's no big deal","these things happen".
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