Fragrant bubble baths

Last year, before summer holidays, you started to complain about pain in your knees. Things have gone worse ever since. We have visited several doctors and specialists, and not one of them has been able to relieve your pain. They diagnosed you to have chondromalacia patellae. You will eventually outgrow it. It is painful, no doubt about that. The thing is, your pain threshold is low. Too low. At least, that's what the specialist tells us. We never thought of that. We thought you could bear a lot of pain. Apparently we were wrong. The specialist wants to test you for fibromyalgia... If you are indeed suffering from this condition, we will have a long way to go and you in particular. You will have to learn to focus on other things to forget about the pain. We are still hoping it will not be fibromyalgia and that you will outgrow the chondromalacia. Sometimes, the pain makes you skip school, because you have to walk in agony otherwise. You see physiotherapists on a regular basis and you also frequent a chiropractor. Sometimes it gives you some relief, but most of the times, the sessions make it even more painful.

You like to take a fragrant bubble bath every other day. It helps you to relax your muscles and let your mind drift off. You're too young to be in pain. I wish there would be a way to help you. I would take over your pain at any time, if only I could. You're such an energetic person and the pain no longer allows you to dance, your most favorite recreation. Riding your bike to school, is causing more pain. But you refuse to take the bus, because your girlfriends all ride their bikes. You don't want to be an exception, you want to go with the flow.

We're going to see the specialist in the beginning of March. I hope she will have your blood work done. Maybe there's another reason why the pain is so fierce. Maybe your knees are infected and she can give you pain relievers. I hope so sweetie... you deserve a pain free teenage life.. xx