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Corrie's road to a new beginning

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I am unsure of where to begin, a quick background overview. My name is Corrie Brown I am just newly 24 and I appear and rarely feel like the happiest and bubbliest woman. I was born with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome type Classic. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) , classic type is a connective tissue disorder characterized by skin hyperextensibility, abnormal wound healing, and joint hypermobility. What I know it to be is daily chronic pain that no one can see. When I was younger I really truly felt like I may not even have the same thing my Mom has. Maybe a little but, I just bruise a lot and I know if I get hurt it's a little different from the other kids. In elementary school they did scoliosis testing... there is what started my journey to a few years in a back brace. If I didn't already feel like an outcast I certainly was in for a surprise. I started middle school with a very hard plastic brace, it starts under my armpits and wraps around all the way to my hips. I know so many other kids have it more difficult off but, I can't help but feel like it began to really change me. In the later years I realized I should probably start being honest with myself and others about what I have going on. Both Scoliosis and Ehlers have made huge impacts on my life and I think all along I should've accepted it. Granted I took extra precautions but I wish I could've done more. At 16 I got my first job, I worked many hours a week and was going to school as well. One of my duties as I began to really work at this company was to mix and roll out dough. What I learned shortly after coming into this new role was that I would nearly cry right there, just from the wrist pain this was giving me. Lifting multiple bags of dough out of a giant mixer wasn't helping my back either. What I quickly learned was that it didn't matter... as soon as I noticed this was happening I called my general manager and when the call had ended all I could do was cry, yet again. My GM told me she didn't believe me and I should've told her about my condition in the beginning. Fast forward to now... I've suffered two miscarriages in the last 16 months, one of which was @ 11 weeks. I've tried many different jobs and even the sit down receptionist job I just recently had left me unable to get out of bed the next morning. I recently visited the emergency room because of this and learned that my scoliosis is much more severe and I needed to see a specialist within a week. I am about three or more weeks out from my ER visit.  I had to quit my job, and I’ve spent most of my time in bed; unable to do many things.  I don't know what else to do except to ask for assistance from anyone that can help. I called the specialist and in order to do any type of financial assistance I would need an initial $400.00 for the consultation. With only my boyfriend working roofing (weather permitting) and $3,000.00 or more in debt from unexpected surgeries; I don't know where else to turn.

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Corrie Brown
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Omaha, NE

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