In a few weeks I'll be getting yet another steroid injection in my jaw (this will be my third). Typically following the injection I have to miss anywhere for 3 to 5 days of school due to the swelling and extreme pain. When I tell my friends I won't be in school that week they usually make comments like "Oh you're so lucky! I wish I had arthritis!" or "You always miss school because of that it must be nice". When people say things like this I want to throw something at them. They don't understand that just because I don't "look sick" doesn't mean that I'm not in pain.
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