It is a very interesting post, something I often wondered myself throughout my whole life. My mother and I had ABS (Amniotic Band Syndrome), I say 'my mother and I' because it happened in pregnancy. The medical side of my life was fairly strightforward, I had a number of operations in the first six years of my life to give me a viable foot and viable hands. The first surgery happened when I was 29 days (January 1954), the last surgery happened when I was six and a half (June 1960). Then society kicked in. Well meaning people kept telling me that it did not show, I interpreted that to mean I had something to hide. It was only in my late teens that I had the epihany that I had nothing to hide, society had to change attitude!
Hi Jodi, I'm putting a link to this post in my next post due out 1st Feb. Thank you, I hope the people who read what I write will find what you write helpful too! If you are interested my substack is You Do Know https://youdoknow.substack.com
Wow Jodi, thanks for writing and sending this. I now really get it. Have vs Am.
It is a very interesting post, something I often wondered myself throughout my whole life. My mother and I had ABS (Amniotic Band Syndrome), I say 'my mother and I' because it happened in pregnancy. The medical side of my life was fairly strightforward, I had a number of operations in the first six years of my life to give me a viable foot and viable hands. The first surgery happened when I was 29 days (January 1954), the last surgery happened when I was six and a half (June 1960). Then society kicked in. Well meaning people kept telling me that it did not show, I interpreted that to mean I had something to hide. It was only in my late teens that I had the epihany that I had nothing to hide, society had to change attitude!
Hi Jodi, I'm putting a link to this post in my next post due out 1st Feb. Thank you, I hope the people who read what I write will find what you write helpful too! If you are interested my substack is You Do Know https://youdoknow.substack.com