The Day that Changed my Life

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When I returned home from a mission trip in April of 2012 things didn’t seem the same. My body felt as if it had been run over by a herd of elephants. I looked like a balloon with the swelling that had taken over my body. I went to school for a week and then I could not return, I was in so much pain, I didn't know it was possible to feel like this. Little did I know this would be the rest of my life. Months after my mission trip, in the month of August in 2012 I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis, two painful diseases that I will live with for the rest of my life.
My mom picked me up late on the last night of my mission trip, and as soon I got home hours later I went straight to bed. The following morning when I awoke I was sore and didn't feel all that great, I figured I was just sore from all of the work we did. The soreness continued the next day and through the next few weeks, it also began to worsen. The pain I felt was excruciating in my back. The following week I was unable to attend school. As the pain continued my mom and I decided it would be best ...

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