24 Times Patients Said "Actually, I Think I Know My Body Better" And Literally Saved Their Own Lives
July 29, 2025
When I was 11, I had excruciating abdominal pain and fainting. Because these episodes generally happened at school, because I never went anywhere else, every doctor told my parents that I was faking and just didn’t want to be at school. I got my period when I was 12, and it was extremely painful, heavy, and irregular. Some months, I would get it three times. After this, every time I went in…
