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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 125 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Knee pain. Everyone told me it was normal growing pains, until one little league coach notice I run weird. Queue years of doctors and specialists and tests and scans and surgeries, and now I'm a 40 something guy with advanced arthritis that could have been much much worse if left untreated.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago (2 children)

way to go attentive little league coach!

also wtf parents?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

My parents took me to see doctors, who told them it was just growing pains and suggested I exercise more to lose weight. I saw three specialists and had a bunch of xrays before anyone noticed the shady spots on my cartilage. Osteochondritis Dissecans occurs in 15-30 people out of 100,000, and most of the primary care doctors I've had in my life had never heard of it.

I can't blame my parents for that. I can blame them for a lot of things, but they did their best.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

"Well it's not hurting me so it can't be that bad."